Zheng Wan and Zheng Li didn't sit long before leaving, saying that the end of the year was approaching, and each yamen had a big mess, Guo Ziyi and Zheng Bing said that it was rare to come to Chang'an once, and they wanted to visit the elders of the Guo family, and Lin Xun'er and Lu Shu were also anxious to say that they wanted to go to the temple to return their spirits, and they originally wanted to pull Zheng Peng to go, but Zheng Peng gave up under the pretext of resting.

Under Zheng Peng's persuasion, the cardinal escorted Lu Shu to incense, and she could take the opportunity to relax.

In the past, Ah Jun was his confidant, so he didn't have to avoid him for anything, but Cardinal was Lu Shu's person, to be precise, Cui Yuan's person, and I don't know who she listened to, Zheng Peng didn't want Huang San to let Cui Yuan know, at least not now.

So he "persuaded" her out and hid it from her for the time being.

After everyone left, Zheng Peng didn't let his subordinates follow, and went out alone.

After walking outside for half an hour, confirming that no one was following Hewei, Zheng Peng entered a restaurant where Keyunlai came, asked for a private room, ordered a pot of Poqing and a few side dishes, poured himself a drink, and after a while, the door of the box door was pushed open, and a pot-bellied man walked in.

"There's someone here." Zheng Peng frowned, a little unhappy to order the eviction.

What's the matter, this Keyunlai is an industry that Huang San is in charge of, he didn't come himself, why did he let outsiders break in, isn't this box a secret box?

"Isn't this the new champion, disrespectful, disrespectful." The fat man saw Zheng Peng and said with some surprise.

Zheng Peng said impatiently: "There are people here, brother, the door is on your left, don't send it." ”

"Hahaha, young master, see which one I am?" The fat man's voice changed and he said with a grin.

Zheng Peng took a serious look at it, and soon said with some doubts: "You are... Huang San? ”

The fat man in front of him, with a fat head and big ears, was full of oil, wearing a fur coat, his neck was almost out of sight, he looked like a ball, his voice was thick and hoarse, but from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, he seemed to see Huang San's shadow.

Huang San respectfully gave Zheng Peng a salute: "Huang San congratulates the young master on his promotion to the rank of knight and the champion candidate." ”

"It's really you" Zheng Peng looked Huang San up and down with some surprise, and said a little strangely: "Your voice..."

"Back to the young master, the little one took a special dose of medicine, and his vocal cords were somewhat damaged, so his voice changed."

Zheng Peng frowned and said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Deliberately gaining weight to change your appearance, and deliberately destroying your voice, it is likely that you have encountered a problem.

Huang San looked left and right, and said with some emptiness: "I don't know why in the past six months, I always feel a little unnatural, as if people are targeting, but I can't find anything wrong, I'm afraid that people will recognize it, dragging down the young master, I have eaten eight meals a day in the past half a year, and I also found a Lang Zhong to get a special medicine to change my voice." ”

After a pause, Huang San added: "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I just don't have a solid heart, it's really evil." ”

Zheng Peng's expression was a little solemn, and he said: "Either it's an illusion, or you know, the other party is too smart, and he hasn't done anything that doesn't affect people recently, right?" ”

"No, really no" Huang San hurriedly explained: "Young master, the little one has always kept in mind your instructions, low-key, less troublesome, boring development, all he does is a decent business, all he earns is clean money, he only occasionally collects some news for himself, he has not done anything illegal, and he has not used the banner of the young master to swagger and cheat, even if he drinks a flower wine, he also gives enough money, and he definitely does not do anything that does not affect people." ”

Zheng Peng gave enough money in the early stage, Huang San could let go of his hands and feet to develop, when everything was on the track, Zheng Peng was not in a hurry to collect the profits, but let Huang San stay to accumulate and develop, and when the money was sufficient, there was no need to take risks to make money.

"It's good if you don't have it, now it's just doing some business, and there are more people in the court doing this, that is, the emperor knows that most of them are opening one eye and closing one eye, and it's a big deal to reprimand a few words, which is called being upright and not afraid of shadows." Zheng Peng said calmly.

The task I gave Huang San was to build the structure first, and by the way, to probe and collect intelligence, which would not harm Datang.

"Understood, young master."

After Huang San finished speaking, he began to tell Zheng Peng about the development in the past few years, and also showed Zheng Peng the relevant account books.

The development is not bad, now Huang San controls more than 30 properties such as caravans, car dealers, grain stores, inns, pawnshops, etc., and even a brothel, which gave him about 500,000 yuan as a capital in front, and now the property is estimated to have 1 million yuan, and there is about 300,000 yuan in cash on the account.

The property has almost doubled in seven years, or the result of Zheng Peng's secret support and help, and the results are far worse than Zheng Peng's, but think about Huang Sanben is a small person, doing legitimate business, and spending a lot of money to expand his network, he can have such results, and he can get by.

Of course, Huang San now is also more shrewd than Huang San seven years ago.

Zheng Peng casually asked while flipping through the account book, "Is there anything new recently?" ”

"Yes" Huang San immediately responded: "Young master, your hometown Guo Clan, there may be a problem." ”

"Say."

"Not long after Miss Guo married to Cui's house, Guo Lao of the Guo family died of illness after a typhoid fever, Miss Guo, who was not of high status in the Guo family, was even more isolated, four years ago, Miss Guo and the Guo family's business has been completely separated, the person responsible for the Guo family's trading is called Guo Tongxiong, and he is also fully responsible for the operation of braised meat, according to the news obtained by Xiao, after Guo Tongxiong replaced Miss Guo Ketang, the business did not fall significantly, but the young master got less and less dividends, only 180,000 yuan last year, presumably less this year, right, Guo Tongxiong arrived in Chang'an yesterday, and he may have a showdown with the young master. ”

Zheng Peng frowned and said, "Showdown? What do you mean? ”

Huang San explained: "Guixiang Guo has always wanted to revive the former glory of the Guo family, and has looked for Mrs. many times, hoping that Mrs. will do a little for them, so that Guo's children can enter the officialdom, but Mrs. is afraid of affecting the young master, and has always been pushing. ”

"It seems that after feeding fat, their hearts are also wild, in their hearts, the dividends of these years have been exhausted in their opinion, and they want to eat alone, hehe." Zheng Peng said with a sneer.

He gave a secret recipe, and then lay down comfortably to take the money, Guo Ketang would take these for granted, if it weren't for himself, the Guo family would not be able to get so many benefits, but for other people, they just felt that it was just a recipe that divided so much, and the huge dividends over the years were enough, there was no need to spit out the fat in the mouth again, and began to think about how to eat alone.

There are about two reasons why the people of the Guo clan have not acted for a long time: first, they are upstarts in the DPRK and China, and they are very popular, so they dare not offend themselves before they find a reliable backer; The second is that you have the recipe in your hand, if the cooperation is not pleasant, the recipe of the braised pork will be announced, and both sides will lose.

If Huang San's information is fine, it is very likely that Guixiang Guo has found a new recipe for braised pork or improved the original secret recipe, and the taste is better than the braised meat he provided, and then climb the relationship with the crown prince Li Ying, everything will become logical.

A hint of coldness flashed in Huang San's eyes, and he took the initiative to ask: "Young Master, do you want to teach your hometown Guo a lesson?" ”

Dare to go against the young master, that is, his own enemy.

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's see what he does first, if you want to play with me, I'm bored, it's okay to find someone to play." ”

"Where, dare to play tricks with the young master, it's lighting a lamp in the toilet and looking for death ()."

"Young master, be careful lately, if the people of the Prince's Mansion want to win you over, it may be unfavorable to you, Li Linfu, who has a close relationship with the Prince's Mansion, has been very close to the people of the Imperial History Terrace recently, and he doesn't know who to deal with." Huang San suddenly reminded him.

"I know, it's against me, and I saw it in the court today." Zheng Peng said lightly.

Huang San worked very hard to do it, but most of the intelligence sources are related to the bottom, and the sources of intelligence in the core are still insufficient, which can't be blamed on him, the problem of the pattern, the development is estimated to be his upper limit, if you want to make progress, you have to spend more effort to cultivate him, if you want to improve in the near future, the fastest way to find him a helper.

"Young master, the little one did a good job, and after realizing it, please punish the young master." Huang San said with a look of shame.

"I can't blame you, if you can inquire about such confidential things casually, then there will be no secrets in this world, and besides, there are too many things in your hands, sometimes it is inevitable to take care of one or the other, so let's find a helper for you and share it for you."