December 30, the third year of Yuanfu.

It's New Year's Eve again.

Wu Haogu must have never expected his beautiful idea of ​​"real estate to promote the country". In the eyes of An Tao, the official of the Northern Song Dynasty who once followed Wang Anshi's reform, it became profit-oriented and misleading the country and the people.

In fact, he has never thought about the big deal of Dutingyi demolition in the past few days. He is busy ruining the country and the people at this time. Well, it should be for the country and the people!

It turned out that a few days before New Year's Eve, the official Zhao Ji arrested him again and asked him to entertain the Liao envoy Xiao Baoxian and Liu Yun who had just "moved" just now.

In name, Wu Haogu painted portraits of Liao envoys as the title of painting and presented the standard portraits of Song Huizong. It was not the kind of scary picture of a horizontal sword and horse, but the gentle portrait of Song Huizong wearing a big red robe. It was an oil painting jointly completed by Wu Haogu and Zhang Zeduan, which was very realistic.

In addition to the portrait, Wu Haogu certainly had to exchange opinions on the "Goryeo-Female-True War" with Xiao Baoxian. It was not in his personal name, but as a secret envoy of Song Huizong to discuss with Xiao Baoxian.

Wu Haogu also informed Xiao Baoxian about the position of the Song Dynasty's officials about this war. First of all, the Song Dynasty was a neutral party in this upcoming war, and did not support the country of Goryeo, nor did it support the birth of a daughter.

Secondly, while maintaining neutrality, the Song Dynasty will trade with both sides, and the items sold will include iron and weapons.

Third, the Song Dynasty hoped to exchange views and reach a consensus on the number and types of iron weapons sold to the Goryeo and the Child-born countries.

Fourth, the Song Dynasty hopes to maintain a balanced power by selling iron and weapons.

Of course, the above four points were actually not proposed by Emperor Huizong of Song. They were all Wu Haogu’s “fakely spreading imperial edicts” and were definitely deceiving the emperor!

However, Wu Haogu's risks were not in vain. After he tried his best to explain the benefits of "proximity to Liao" by the Song Dynasty's official family and the loss of Goryeo and women, Xiao Baoxian finally accepted the "four neutral principles" proposed by Wu Haogu on behalf of Song Huizong.

Moreover, Xiao Baoxian also looked at Song Huizong, the Great Song Saint. This Song Dynasty official is indeed much more clever than his predecessor!

It seems that the Great Liao Kingdom can no longer bully the Song Dynasty in the future...

Today is New Year's Eve, Wu Haogu has to enter the palace at the hour of Hai, and then accompany Zhao Ji in the early morning of tomorrow, that is, the first day of the first lunar month of the Jianzhong Jingguo, to climb to Donghua Gate to receive congratulations. Therefore, he left the west courtyard of Wang Shi, who was temporarily used as the Liao embassy, ​​and went to Kaifeng Prefecture.

By the way, Song Huizong was not very interested in holding grand dynasty meetings. During his 26 years of rule, he only held four grand dynasty meetings, three of which were the New Year's Day grand dynasty meetings, respectively, in the second year of Daguan, the eighth year of Zhenghe, and the sixth year of Xuanhe, and the other was the Winter Solstice grand dynasty meetings held in the second year of Zhenghe.

When passing by Qionglin Garden, Wu Haogu Zhuma watched for a moment. This royal garden was indeed small and shabby, and could not be compared with those in later Beijing. Moreover, Qionglin Garden and the nearby Jinming Lake were open to the public, allowing people and officials to visit, but were only closed when the ceremony was held.

The level of people-friendliness of the Song Dynasty's official family did make Wu Haogu's soul from later generations very uncomfortable.

After watching for a while, Wu Haogu rode his horse to the water gate northwest of Kaifeng Prefecture City. The northwest water gate is the exit from the Jinshui River to Kaifeng Prefecture City. It not only has waterways, but also landways. In the season when the Jinshui River is not frozen, the northwest water gate is one of the busiest city gates in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The Jinshui River is either a gang boat or a pleasure boat. The official roads on both sides of the Jinshui River are also full of traffic, and the bustling and bustling are extremely prosperous.

However, there are no ships coming and going on the Jinshui River now, but there are still many cars and horses on the official roads on both sides of the straits. Most of them go to the old houses in Kaifeng Prefecture to eat New Year's Eve banquets and the high housing prices in Kaifeng Prefecture not only put a huge pressure on Lin Wancheng, Lin Chong and his sons. Even for most officials and their children, the price is also high. Therefore, those families with more and more children have to make some of the children who are not in good condition and are unwilling to squeeze in the city to go outside Kaifeng Prefecture, and even go to Baima and Chenliu to settle down in the capital.

At the end of the New Year and before the festival, many people would rush into the city. In fact, even Wu Haogu himself did not purchase a separate residence in Kaifeng Prefecture. If he had not lived in the Lihua Villa outside the city, he would have to go to the city to live with his father Wu Chengzhi and his brother Wu Haowen.

It’s not because he has a tight position that he doesn’t buy a house in Kaifeng Prefecture City. It’s purely because he is not optimistic about the medium- and long-term trend of Kaifeng Prefecture Real Estate. The current housing prices in Kaifeng Prefecture may be a big historical head. Once trapped, it will be a long 900 years...

When we entered the Northwest Water Gate, it was just afternoon. Because there were too many cars and horses coming from the west of Kaifeng Prefecture City, Wu Haogu encountered a traffic jam after entering the Northwest Water Gate.

In the northwest Shuimen, both sides of the Jinshui River extend to the palace, and they are all "Jiangmen Noble Districts". Except for the area close to the northwest Shuimen, there are many newly built residences, and other places are luxury houses that have been in the past. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, there are a lot of relatives and nobles entering the northwest Shuimen.

Because there were too many cars and horses, Wu Haogu had to ride slowly with Oliga who was following him, but it didn't take too long to go outside the alley where his house was.

When we arrived at the intersection, Wu Haogu discovered that it was already crowded with people, and the carriages and horses were rushing to flatter the officials and businessmen.

Wu Haogu shook his head. Such an official atmosphere is really bad! Isn’t it just a confidant in the official family and a prime minister’s son-in-law? Is it necessary to flatter him like this?

"Let's go to the back door." Wu Haogu didn't have time to deal with those who came to give gifts. He had to accumulate energy and stay with the official family for a day and a night! From the second day of the first year of Jianzhong Jingguo, he had to give gifts to high-ranking officials who could give gifts...

"Dalang! Wu Dalang!"

As soon as Wu Haogu turned his horse's head, he heard a Fujian accent coming, as if calling him.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Fujianese were everywhere in the court! Zhang Dun, Cai Jing, and Lu Huiqing were all from Fujian.

So Wu Haogu did not dare to neglect, so he quickly turned his head to take a look, and saw a fair and gentle face poking out of a carriage. It was Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You.

"Oh!" Wu Haogu quickly got off the horse, ran to Cai You, and sang a fat look, "Why is Brother Ju'an coming? Haogu still wants to visit the mansion in the second day of the year.

By the way, is Mr. Cai okay?"

It is necessary to go to Cai Jing's mansion to give gifts on the second day of the Chinese New Year, but it is not Wu Haogu who goes there in person, but Su Dalang goes there for him.

After all, Wu Haogu is now a confidant in the official family. Cai Jing is at a disadvantage and has been kicked out of the court, but he just refuses to leave.

But even so, Cai Jing is still higher than Wu Haogu, and Wu Haogu still has to offer a generous gift to show respect.

Therefore, it is surprising that Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You came to Wu Haogu to greet the New Year in person.

"Okay! I'm very nice!"

At this time, something even more unexpected happened to Wu Haogu. Cai Jing, who was dressed in casual clothes, lifted the curtains and came out of the carriage.

"Cai, Bachelor Cai, why are you here?"

Wu Haogu really admires Cai Jing! Although Wu Haogu is now the emperor's number one confidant, there is really a way to restore Cai Jing. However, as a noble civil servant, in order to become an official, he actually surrendered to the nobles to wish a lucky man a happy new year.

Wu Haogu no longer has the ability to help Wu Haogu if he doesn't help, that is, he doesn't know his identity! His younger brother Wu Haowen, who ranked sixth in the Jinshi exam, can ignore Cai Jing, but he does not have the qualifications.

Being noble is the privilege of civil servants!

"Come with me..." Wu Haogu didn't say much, so he quickly invited Cai Jing, Cai You and his son into their own residence from the main entrance, and asked Oliga to inform Wu Chengzhi and Yan Po'er about the New Year's Eve banquet at the Wu family. Of course, they had to arrange family performances. So Yan Po'er brought about a dozen female artists who were selling their own arts and bodies into the Wu family's mansion in the morning. Now that Cai Jing is here, there will naturally be special arrangements.

The Wu father and son invited Cai Jing into the central hall all the way. After the guests and guests sat down, they exchanged greetings. Cai Jing smiled and asked Wu Hao Gu, "Dalang, you are doing a great deal in Duting Station!"

The transaction of Dutingyi? Why did Cai Jing mention this?

"Scholar Cai," Wu Haogu smiled, "Do you know about this? It's not a big deal, it's just to raise some money for the government to repair Qionglin Garden."

In front of Cai Jing, Wu Haogu didn’t hide anything. Who is Cai Jing? Feng Heng and Yu are so cruel to compare with Wu Haogu!

"Oh?" Cai Jing smiled and sipped the tea soup. "Dalang, can you make a lot of money from it, right?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "What? Mr. Cai wants to earn a share, too?"

"Invest in shares?" Cai Jing shook his head, "Dalang, do you really think this business can be completed?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "How could it not be done? Mr. Han nodded. Could it be that Mr. Zeng would obstruct him?"

Cai Jing nodded and looked at Wu Haogu, "Zeng Zixuan and An Houqing are indeed going to interfere."

Wu Haogu asked with a smile: "Don't they want the official to repair Qionglin Garden?"

In fact, he was not afraid of Zeng Bu, and An Tao jumped out by himself! They must have caught Han Zhongyan in one go now. Maybe Su Che will be the right prime minister. In this way, the left prime minister is his brother's father-in-law, the right prime minister is his teacher's younger brother, and the official family is his good friend. This life is too free...

Cai Jing laughed and said, "Do you think Zeng Zixuan is brainless? They are not trying to block the government's garden, but to be your way to wealth."

"Steal my way of wealth?" Wu Haogu was stunned. "Who do they want to sell Dutingyi to?"
Chapter completed!