Chapter 242 I know the eight major locust merchants(1/2)
(Big Chapter)
The Fan family has a deep relationship with Xuanda, and even the new governor of Xuanda Wang Junmen is in this relationship.
Although he was just a small businessman, he was still doing business with the Xuanda Border Army.
It can be said that without a one-to-one relationship means, he cannot reach his level today.
So, whether it was officials, gentry or wealthy businessmen, they all sent a signal of kindness to this person, and bowed to Fan Yong with a smile on their faces.
"You all are late, please forgive me for your sins." Fan Yongdou bowed to everyone in response, and then quickly walked to Zhang Shaoyuan: "Father Lord Fan Yongdou saluted you."
"Hahaha! Mr. Fan will follow me." Zhang Shaoyuan smiled and pulled his arm toward the seat inside.
The first-class seat is the front table, which sits north and south on this table, and the most prominent position is empty because this is the emperor's position, and there are four seats next to it, which are reserved for the representatives of Datong Mansion.
Among these eight seats is Fan Yongdou who was arranged.
This made Fan Yongdou's legs tremble. Seeing Tianyan even as a guy who only has interests in his eyes could not calm down. Although he had business dealings with the barbarians outside the pass, he was still growing up in the Ming Dynasty since he was a child. Bathed in the environment of Confucius and Mencius, he might not be able to meet Tianyan once in his life. Fan Yongdou felt that his life was worth it.
Slowly, the seats began to fill up, and the guests sat in the seats and were talking quietly. After all, the power of heaven was unpredictable. Who knew what kind of person the emperor was? If he shouted loudly, he would be dying.
On the main table, Zhang Shaoyuan pulled Fan Yongdou and was talking. At this time, his housekeeper came over and whispered to him: "There was a large number of guards and Jinyiwei next to the emperor suddenly came outside."
Zhang Shaoyuan waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to go down. Isn’t this normal? What’s wrong with making a fuss? The emperor’s safety is a big deal in the world. Strengthening the guards outside means that the emperor will arrive soon. When he came in just now, he was searched by Qiu Ba and didn’t say anything. He sighed... As expected, the servants are the servants who have never seen the world.
Zhang Shaoyuan did not think that something was wrong with a large number of guards coming outside, but it was wrong if he didn't come. Naturally, the emperor's guards should be responsible for the safety of the emperor. Could it be that he would have to hand it over to us places? Who will be responsible if there is any problem at that time? Who dares to take this responsibility!
"Mr. Mansion Master is fine, right?" Fan Yongdou replied nervously.
The guilty person is like this. He can contact him with a little bit of trouble. Just now, he heard the butler say that a large number of Jinyi Guards came, which scared Fan Yongdou so much that he almost didn't get under the table.
If you ask what Fan Yongdou is most afraid of hearing now, it must be the three words "Jinyiwei". When he had nightmares at night, the Jinyiwei appeared in front of his house as the protagonist, told him that his incident happened, and then searched his house and exterminated his clan.
"It's okay, it's okay, this is a normal process. This means that the emperor should be coming soon. Mr. Fan doesn't need to panic. Although the Jinyiwei did everything, they still dare not be arrogant in front of the emperor." Zhang Shaoyuan patted Fan Yongdou's shoulder and signaled him to calm down.
In Zhang Shaoyuan's opinion, it is normal for Fan Yong to be afraid of the Jinyiwei, because not to mention a commoner, even his court official is afraid of the Jinyiwei. How many imperial officials have been killed by asking you to issue an imperial edict?
But he was not afraid today because the emperor was here, although the eunuchsmen were fierce, they did not dare to do anything randomly anymore.
"That's good, that's good." Fan Yongdou nodded, and received Zhang Shaoyuan's assurance that his heart was put into his stomach.
People like him are insecure, but having such an official around him can give him a reassurance.
No one cared about what a few black semicircular things were in the restaurant. Only Zhu Youxiao was conducting popular science for a hundred households of Jinyiwei.
"Liu Aiqing, this is called a surveillance beast, it is a god-given beast. Have you heard of the Nine Dings?" Zhu Youxiao smiled and introduced the content displayed on the screen to Liu Defa.
"I have heard of it." Liu De nodded fiercely. Of course, he had heard of such an important thing as the Nine Cauldrons. Not only did he hear him, but he also personally participated in the publicity. It can be said that basically no one in the entire Datong knows. God gave the Nine Cauldrons. The miracle of God protecting me from the Ming Dynasty symbolizes that my Ming Dynasty is the orthodox recognized by God, but what does it have to do with this strange surveillance beast?
"This is a god-given beast that can monitor the people in the world, as if it is close to you. Liu Aiqing comes closer to see who these individuals are with whom." Zhu Youxiao handed over a list and asked Liu Defa to identify them one by one.
To be honest, Zhu Youchao still has a good impression of Liu Defa. He has a strong face and a big eyebrows. When he sees a righteous person, he may still be a useful person.
After Liu Defu pointed out the target to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao nodded and felt that it was time for him, the big guy behind the scenes, to appear.
"Are you ready?" Zhu Youxiao tilted his head and looked at Cao Bianjiao.
"Reported to the emperor, the emperor, he ordered three thousand guards to settle in Shanhaiguan Camp, and the restaurant has been surrounded by the first battalion of my three thousand guards." Cao Bianjiao replied.
"Okay, let's go."
Basically, the staff in the restaurant have arrived. No one dares to delay such an important matter. Liu Yuan was a little inexplicably panicked. What was the reason for?
Suddenly, I saw the location next to me and remembered an important person.
Why hasn't Mangui come yet?
As the general of Datong Prefecture, how could he have lost such an important occasion?
Just as Liu Yuan frowned and was thinking about it, a cry came from outside.
"The Emperor is here!"
This shout immediately interrupted Liu Yuan's thoughts, and he knelt outside to worship the emperor.
"Your Majesty, all blessings!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the person who was kneeling on the ground and followed the middle road to the main seat to sit down. Then he raised his hand and said with a smile: "Let's just flat, you don't have to be too polite to have fun with the people today."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty's Holy Sutra!" So the person who knelt on the ground stood up, then sat carefully on the bench, not daring to breathe. Moreover, the closer he was to the inside, the more serious the atmosphere was, the less dared to lift his head.
Especially at the main table, the few people sitting next to Zhu Youxiao even counted their breaths, for fear that they would accidentally make the emperor unhappy.
Fan Yongdou looked down at the wine glass in front of him, and carefully studied how much money the wine glass could hold.
"I see that you are not very interested. Eating is the top priority. You can be unhappy with you. If the people can eat well and wear warmly, I will be able to last forever in the Ming Dynasty. So I won't say much, let's start the meal!"
"I wish you a glass and thank you for your contribution to my Ming border!" Zhu Youxiao said with a glass of wine in his hand.
"minister!"
"Grassman!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The people below raised their glasses and thanked the emperor first as if they were amnesty, and then drank them all, and wiped the sweat from their heads like relief.
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Shaoyuan raised his hand and bowed his hand.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not bad." Zhu Youxiao glanced at the Datong prefect.
"Your Majesty is here to see Tianyan deliver a good wine today, so please help me." Zhang Shaoyuan said while sending a signal to the butler behind him, and waved his fingers.
At this time, the butler behind him walked up with a wine jar, placed it respectfully on the table and then stepped back with his body.
Wannianchun... Zhu Youxiao looked at the name covered with red letters on the wine jar, it was interesting.
Later generations only drank Jiannanchun. What does this thousand-year-old spring taste like? It seems quite rare, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but become curious.
"I've opened the score and try it with you!" Zhu Youxiao pointed at the wine jar with his hand.
As soon as I opened the mud seal, I felt a strange fragrance filled Zhu Youxiao's nose. It smelled so good that this thing smelled much better than Jian Nanchun.
Why don’t you try it? Zhu Youxiao thought that the situation was already under control anyway, so he asked me to try this rare wine.
Otherwise, I feel embarrassed to kill you when I see the love of offering fine wine.
After scooping a cup, Zhu Youxiao came to the front and smelled it. He felt that the wine was so fragrant that it was so fragrant. He looked up and looked at the people around him who were swallowing and spitting, and couldn't help but feel very strange.
There must be monsters when it is abnormal. The fragrance of this wine is so weird. Even if I, a knowledgeable person who has no dependence on wine, could not control the fragrance.
The cautious Zhu Youxiao nodded at a eunuch behind him. This was the only eunuch he brought with him, who was specially served him for food, which is commonly known as the eunuch who tried the drug. If there is something delicious, he will eat it first. I don’t have to worry.
The eunuch who tried the poison approached the wine glass and sniffed it. He didn't taste it easily because his keen sense of smell also felt something was wrong with the wine, so he took out a few test items given to him by the emperor and started testing. Suddenly, a test strip detected an abnormality. The eunuch who tried the poison took a sip of it pretended to be normal, slowly put the wine on the table, nodded at Zhu Youxiao, meaning that the emperor's wine was indeed a problem.
Pay attention, I saw the test strips, and Zhu Youxiao also knew what one of them represented.
Fuck me! There is really "toxic" in this wine!
And it is not an ordinary poison, but the kind of poison of "laundry detergent"! No wonder why I feel something is wrong, so that's it!
"Zhang Aiqing, I don't know where this wine came from. I smelled the fragrance and felt relieved. I thought that I could also give it to the court officials in the future." Zhu Youxiao asked calmly.
Zhang Shaoyuan gently kicked Fan Yongdou under his feet.
Fan Yongdou then woke up like a dream, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty, the grass people are fortunate to get a jar of fine wine, called Wannianchun, and today I will present it to Your Majesty."
To be honest, Fan Yongdou has never been able to control himself as much as he is today. He dared to joke even in front of Huang Taiji, but in front of the Ming Emperor, he only felt that his heart seemed to be about to jump out, his body was not under control, and his breathing was rapid.
"Where did you come from this wine?" Zhu Youxiao held down the murderous intent. He dared to give me such things, so what else would they dare not do!
"Report to Your Majesty, this wine comes from Huafang Pavilion. It produces ten jars a year. The grass people are lucky to have this jar." Fan Yongdou said truthfully. This is indeed the truth. He finally bought this wine from Huafang Pavilion, but he spent 10,000 taels of silver at that time.
To be honest, it’s a porch of ten thousand taels of silver that makes him feel sorry for him. However, this wine was not drunk by himself, but for important occasions, just like it’s not very useful today.
Huafang Pavilion... Zhu Youxiao nodded, and you have to check it carefully when you go back.
"Oh! Who is your last name?" Zhu Youxiao pretended that I didn't know you.
"The grass man Fan Yongdou is a small businessman. Today, he can't help but want Your Majesty to forgive him." Fan Yongdou knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.
"It's okay, I have heard of your reputation. It's really not easy to see you today." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
I've heard of myself! The emperor has actually heard of his name! Fan Yongdou suddenly felt as if he had been hit by a huge pie, and he suddenly felt a little dizzy.
For a moment, Fan Yongdou had the awareness of devoted himself to His Majesty until his death, but this was just a moment.
"Do you know why I know your name?" Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and moved his body forward.
"Why?" Fan Yongdou was not sure of his rigor. He also felt that no matter how famous he was, he would not be so great in the emperor's ears. So what does this mean?
"I not only recognize you, but I also know seven other families, such as Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa."
As soon as these eight families said it, Fan Yongdou's expression changed, and then he said he was wronged.
"Is there any misunderstanding in your Majesty? I can guarantee that Fan Yongdou is a righteous man who is dedicated to his country." Zhang Shaoyuan hurriedly explained to Fan Yongdou.
"Your Majesty! Fan Yongdou is known as Jiayu's border town in Xuanda. With Xinyi, the military resources of our Datong border army are also based on this person. I hope Your Majesty will not believe the villain's words!" Liu Yuan also felt a sudden smile in his heart and hurriedly clasped his fists to Zhu Youxiao with one knee.
"Since I can call out the eight families, how do you know that I am not prepared at all!"
"Zhang Shaoyuan, you have to waste your trust in the late emperor and ask you to be a Jinshi. You will repay the late emperor like this!" Zhu Youxiao angrily scolded Zhang Shaoyuan.
"Your Majesty is wronged!" Zhang Shaoyuan was still stubborn and knelt down on the ground: "Please defend yourself!"
To be continued...