On the tenth day of May in the fifth year of Qingyuan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the weather was gloomy and still raining, but according to the supervisor, today was the auspicious day of the zodiac.
Early in the morning, a long queue formed at the main entrance outside the palace. The winding queue was endless as far as the eye could see.
The vassal king was in front, and the court officials were behind. Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up from the entrance of the palace to the entrance of Lu Heng's courtyard.
In the drizzle, the courtiers were all wet and looked eagerly at the city gate in front of them. The Qianniu Guards closely inspected the courtiers who entered before letting them go.
"Ah sneeze!"
Several adults with weak bones were all wet and sneezing constantly. One of them, an old man with gray hair, looked majestic and looked like a military general. At this time, the old man's head was covered with rain, and he raised his hand to rub it.
With rain on his face, he cursed and said: "Who said this is the auspicious day of the zodiac?"
"Who else could it be, those monsters from Si Tianjian?" Beside him, a fat man stretched out his hand to lift up the heavy official robe, and wrung out the rainwater on it.
After hearing this, the old man cursed angrily: "I'm going to take a copy of their book later. What the hell is this Tianjian! Such a heavy rain is an auspicious day for birds!"
After hearing this, the fat man smiled and shook his head and persuaded: "I think you should forget it. I heard that this day was predicted by Si Tianjian and set by His Majesty himself!"
After saying that, the fat man winked and smiled at the old man, with a very cunning look in his eyes.
You are not awesome, go and participate, I will never stop you!
Upon hearing this, the old man immediately changed his sarcastic and insulting expression and immediately put on a solemn look.
He raised his hands and bowed to the sky, saying: "Your Majesty is very discerning and has chosen such a good day, just when the rain is falling, so that our old bones will not be burned by the red sun. Alas, I am so moved!"
After that, the old man pretended to wipe his eyes, shook the rain off his face, and really burst into tears.
Beside me, the fat man's expression did not change. Hearing the old man's words, he immediately became solemn, nodded and said solemnly: "Your Majesty's love for your ministers makes us deeply grateful!"
"Yes, yes!"
The officials all around nodded in unison.
All of a sudden, all the civil and military officials changed their words. It was an unlucky rainy day just now, but now it changed into a happy rain that nourishes the earth and people's hearts.
However, among the civil and military officials, there are also a few sharp-eyed ones.
I glanced around and happened to see Fatty Hong who was warming his wine and drinking with a scholar at Lu Heng's front door. He was muttering in his heart.
Damn fat man, you really enjoy it!
Everyone cursed and cursed, and their eyes looked with disdain, but they were filled with envy.
"Sir Zhang Wenshan, a war report was sent from Goryeo a few days ago. At present, the situation in Goryeo is gradually stabilizing. Mr. Zhang asked Your Majesty if it is possible to dispatch local officials to Goryeo!" Fatty Hong Baz Baz was drinking wine.
, after throwing a spiced broad bean into his mouth, he moved his cheeks and asked vaguely.
Opposite me, Lu Heng shook his wine cup and took a sip of the wine. He took a sip and nodded in praise: "Mr. Zhang is truly the pillar of the country! In just one month, Goryeo has been able to achieve such a stable situation. Mr. Zhang deserves a lot of credit."
without!"
While Lu Heng was talking, Fatty Hong secretly poured some broad beans from the plate into his pocket, and then said seriously: "Heh, Mr. Zhang wrote that in fact, the usury situation can be so stable because of your efforts.
Woolen cloth!"
"What does this have to do with me?" Lu Heng asked curiously.
Hong Quan smiled, rubbed his plump chin, and winked at Lu Heng: "At that time, you led the army to fight in the north and south of Goryeo, and the iron-blooded methods you used made the Goryeo people tremble with fear. Therefore, in the future, Lord Zhang,
It’s much easier to do things in Korea!”
Seeing Hong Quan's smiling face, Lu Heng was unwilling to dwell on this matter.
After all, the iron-blooded methods implemented at that time were really helpless. The first was to boost the morale of the soldiers; secondly, the Korean people had a firm belief in the king, just like a group of lunatics. If the Zhou army did not adopt iron-blooded methods
, the casualties will inevitably increase! Therefore, faced with the so-called humanity of war and the lives of our own soldiers, Lu Heng weighed for a long time and had no choice but to issue such an order. At this time, when Hong Quan talked about this matter, Lu Heng's face became stiff.
After a moment, he just smiled and said nothing more.
Hong Quan, who was opposite, seemed to have guessed the scholar's thoughts. Seeing Lu Heng's calm expression, shaking his head and smiling, Hong Quan had a hint of worry in his eyes, and lowered his voice and said, "Although, you will help His Majesty conquer Goryeo.
Expanding territory is the achievement of all generations. However, the methods you adopted in Goryeo have also been criticized by some people! At this court meeting, I estimate that An Peng and others will definitely make a big fuss about this matter!"
Hearing this, Lu Heng turned his head, shook the wine cup with one hand, looked at Hong Quan angrily, and cursed with a smile: "You old man, you came here so early in the morning, are you just trying to scare me with alarmist talk?"
Hong Quan chuckled, shook his head righteously and said, "How can I be that kind of person?"
"It's just..." Fatty Hong glanced around, and then lowered his voice and said: "It's just that His Majesty asked me to tell you these words. Your Majesty said that he will not help you in today's court meeting, nor will he help you.
Don't let us help you. His Majesty said that if you want to establish your own position, you can rely on your words to defeat the scholars! This is what you must experience to establish your prestige in the court!"
Hearing this, Lu Heng frowned and nodded slightly.
"Is Yongzheng ready?" Hong Quan pinched a broad bean, peeled it carefully, then put it in his mouth and asked while chewing.
"People from the military won't stand out, right?" Lu Heng thought for a while, then turned around and asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"That's natural!" Hong Quan nodded and said: "Most of the people in the military are under Ning Yuangong, so naturally they won't embarrass you. The remaining veteran generals, even less. They listen
After you captured Korea, you grinned like a lotus flower and boasted all over the street, telling everyone you met that you were their apprentice who was personally trained by them!"
"Since no one from the military will come forward, it will be easy to handle!" Lu Heng smiled evilly, moved his chin cunningly, and looked at Hong Quan, who was staring across from him with small eyes.
Such a deceitful smile made Hong Quan shiver involuntarily.
"What are you going to do?" Hong Quan held his breath, and a bad feeling came over him. To be precise, he was mourning for An Peng and the others.
Lu Heng picked up the wine cup, smelled the aroma of daughter red in the cup, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
He turned his head and looked at Hong Quan with a mysterious smile. He turned his head and looked at the courtiers outside the gate, who were soaked like drowned chickens under the pouring rain. A sharp look flashed in his eyes and he said: "It's hard to deal with it.
manage?
What is this solution?
Fatty Hong's heart skipped a beat and his eyes were confused.
The sky is dark and the rain is falling. The wind is blowing, and the rain and mist are continuous.
There was already water on the ground. The courtiers, who were soaked to the skin, stood in the puddles, their faces turning blue from the cold.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Heng stood up, took two umbrellas from the gate, gave one to Hong Quan and said, "Let's go!"
Hong Quan took the oil-paper umbrella and as soon as he took a step, he remembered another thing and said quickly: "Wait!"
"What else can Mr. Hong do?" Lu Heng asked curiously, looking at Hong Quan's hesitant expression.
Hong Quan chuckled, returned to the table, and picked up the spiced broad beans on the table. He shyly asked Lu Heng, "Yongzheng, I don't know how you made such delicious food."
Hong Quan threw another one into his mouth and praised with great enjoyment: "It really leaves a fragrant taste in your teeth!"
Seeing this, Lu Heng rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "Want to know the formula?"
Seeing Hong Quan laughing and shaking his head, Lu Heng smiled deceitfully, put his hand on Hong Quan's shoulder, rubbed his chin and said, "Let's do this, give me a thousand taels, and I'll tell you the recipe! Hey,
Don’t think it’s too expensive, let me tell you, I, Lu Heng, am the only one who knows how to make these spiced broad beans!”
Seeing Lu Heng's lion's mouth open and asking for a thousand taels, Fatty Hong trembled and his fat body trembled. He pointed at Lu Heng angrily and said: "You kid, you asked me for a thousand taels just for these broken broad beans. How can it be unreasonable?"
, do you have a black heart?"
After hearing this, Lu Heng raised a finger, shook it in front of Fatty Hong, and said seriously: "This is not blackmail. Think about it, if your relatives opened a small teahouse, just with these spiced beans, they would definitely
You can recruit a lot of people. Then, when you reach a certain level, you can package, process, hype, and wholesale. By then, the spiced broad beans can be sold to every corner of Zhou Dynasty. By then, a mere five thousand taels of silver will be at your fingertips!
"
That seems to be the truth! Moreover, this guy even pointed the way.
My relatives, hey, what a good trick. If you randomly assign someone, just call them your relatives. Wow, what a great trick!
Fatty Hong nodded with understanding and secretly praised him.
Just when I was about to nod and say yes, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.
After thinking about it carefully, Fatty Hong finally came back to his senses. Seeing the mean smile on Lu Heng's face, he felt cold in his heart.
Damn it, I was almost fooled by your kid.
"Didn't you just say one thousand taels? Why did it suddenly become five thousand taels?" Hong Quan held the bowl and looked angrily at the extremely cunning guy in front of him.
Lu Heng smiled, coughed, and said: "This moment is the same as the other moment! Turn around and take a look..."
At this time, Hong Quan, who had his back to the door, just turned his head and was startled.
It turned out that at some point, many colleagues who came to take shelter from the rain had gathered behind me.
And these people, all with silver gleaming in their eyes, stared at the broad beans in Fatty Hong's arms.
"Okay, deal!" Upon seeing this, Fatty Hong made a prompt decision and generously agreed.
While speaking, he flipped his wrist and poured half of the bowl of broad beans into his pocket...!