Chapter 364: Fugui Building
Su Jin couldn't help laughing, this master seemed to be a master of sycophancy, he didn't dare to come up with the name Huaqingchi, it was the place where Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei bathed together, so he played a side ball, and reversed the name so much, it seemed that he had some wisps of connection with Huaqingchi, which couldn't be beaten by eight poles, and vaguely raised Feng Laohu's identity, complimenting something.
Such a name always sounds so nondescript, you say she has committed a taboo, but it is very ordinary, you say it is ordinary, but it is easy to associate with the situation of 'the waiter is weak to help up, and it is the time of the new inheritance'; Feng Laohu seems to be very satisfied with this name, it seems that this Feng Laohu is not a reckless man, he intentionally or unintentionally treats himself as the emperor of the soil.
"Is the name of the Lord of Yangzhou Tixue?" Su Jin said with a smile.
"Exactly, is the name still elegant? Don't hide from the envoy that the officials of Yangzhou have come to bathe in the Tsinghua pool, this natural hot spring is the only place in Yangzhou, do you want to try it? ”
"Thanks, but it's not necessary, it's just half-lukewarm water, there is a big wooden barrel in the embassy's room, and after filling it with hot water, it's not much different from this."
Su Jin poured a scoop of cold water on his head, extinguishing Feng Laohu's pride, and Feng Laohu scolded secretly in his heart: What a thing that doesn't know how to lift. But there was no reaction on his face, and he only smiled: "What you said is also reasonable, to put it bluntly, it is indeed just a pool of hot soup, and the envoy is also ...... It's also fast-talking. ”
Su Jin laughed, but he was secretly worried in his heart, this Feng Laohu seems to have an unfathomable foundation, and from his words, it can be heard that Yangzhou officials of all sizes have dealings with him, and they seem to have a good relationship, his intention is obvious, that is, to tell Su Jin that he Feng Laohu has hands and eyes in Yangzhou City, but it is not that he, a small foreign envoy, can move if he wants to, and the threat revealed in the gossip, Su Jin can certainly feel it.
Everyone walked through the courtyard to the front of the small building, Su Jin looked up at a plaque hanging on the small building, with the words "Rich Building" written on it, the handwriting was handsome and generous, as if it was from the hand of a famous artist.
"Envoy Su, guess who inscribed this plaque?" Feng Laohu said with a smile.
"I can't guess, but why is he also a big celebrity, otherwise how can he be qualified to write a plaque for Master Feng?"
"Haha, guess right, this plaque is our Yangzhou parent official Song Fuzun handwriting, look at this font, this Feng, although the old man is reckless, you can also see the skill on this word, the word is like its person, Song Fuzun's character is high, and the word is so elegant, hahaha......"
Su Jin opened his mouth and stammered, his mouth was already open, Song Zhen gave Feng Laohu an inscription? Could it be that there is something to do with this Feng Laohu and Song Zhen? No, no matter how you look at it, Song Zhen is not the kind of person who is a traitor, colluding with officials and businessmen, is he acting in front of him?
The more Su Jin thought about it, the more sweaty he became, it wasn't that Song Zhen and Feng Laohu were mixed up and he was afraid, but that he had a lot of handles in Song Zhen's hands, and any one he shook out was enough to drink a pot for himself, in case he really had something to do with Feng Laohu, and he was holding his own handle, how could he fight with this Feng Laohu? Feng Laohu's hands didn't want to get a single grain of grain by himself.
Feng Laohu looked at Su Jin's expression coldly, and said in his heart: Boy, fight with Lao Tzu, you are still very tender, this is the first step, today the old man does not move his fists, and he can also clean up your clothes, here in Yangzhou, if the old man can't fight you, a stunned young man from outside, wouldn't it be in vain to be in this Yangzhou City for decades?
"Lord Envoy, please inside, the fragrant tea has been prepared, the old man and the envoy hit it off at first sight for some reason, the more they chatted, the happier they became, why do you want to enjoy your face and drink a cup of tea today."
Su Jin sighed, calmed down, and thought in his heart where the grain was stored in the two warehouses, these two granaries were in his hands, which was the biggest weight to compete with Feng Laohu, no matter what, Feng Laohu privately stockpiled grain and did not follow the regulations of the imperial court to the official warehouse, this was his biggest fox tail; Since it is not clear that Song Zhen and Feng Laohu are in charge now, it is not appropriate to startle the snake, I originally wanted to talk about this granary, but I can only bear it for the time being.
"This ...... Master Feng, the envoy suddenly remembered that he had something important to deal with today, so it was better not to go in and disturb him, so he took his leave. Su Jin raised his hands and feet and left.
Feng Laohu grabbed Su Jin's ear and whispered, "What are your priorities?" Say something you don't like to hear, you are a special envoy for food affairs, you can't take care of anything except food affairs, what is the matter of arresting the bandit chieftain, to put it bluntly, it is just a cover for your envoy, the purpose of your coming to the old man is clear, the old man can't not give you face, everything will be said upstairs, lest you go back empty-handed, make Yangzhou officials laugh at your incompetence, and also laugh at me Feng Jingyao does not understand the rules. ”
It was the first time that Su Jin had been so sarcastic, since this Feng Laohu appeared, his brain was dull and he was restrained everywhere, and he was still aggressive, and now it was to the point where Feng Laohu teased him.
Su Jin has an evil fire in his heart, he is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, and as an ordinary person, he is naturally at the mercy of others at this time, but Su Jin's stubborn temper was stimulated.
Are barefoot people afraid of you wearing shoes? Lao Tzu is just a temporary errand, all of you are worth a lot, and you are important members of the imperial court, even if Song Zhen and Yangzhou officials are related to Feng Laohu, you should not be afraid of being shaken out of the handle, because your biggest handle is to privately open the granary to use military rations, and this handle is also Song Zhen's biggest handle, no one can escape after it is announced.
Su Jin figured out this section, and suddenly felt a great mood, and a smile appeared on his face, squinting at the complacent Feng Laohu, and said with a smile: "Since Master Feng is so gracious, if the envoy doesn't enter your rich building to disturb you with a cup of tea, wouldn't it be too bad to give you face; However, the envoy wants to correct you, the envoy is a special envoy for grain affairs, but when the emperor ordered him, he said very clearly, everything related to the grain affairs of the envoy has the right to ask, you will not know that the bandits of Bagong Mountain dare to touch the food of the envoy, the envoy only led a thousand soldiers to end their nest, the envoy acted as a small can be guessed, if anyone dares to fool and despise the envoy, his end will be very miserable, Master Feng must remember my words. ”
Feng Laohu was stunned for a moment, he actually forgot what the young man in front of him had done when he got carried away, since this envoy came to Yangzhou, Yangzhou City almost quickly returned to normal from a chaotic city, but with Song Zhen's ability; And when he heard the news that the bandits in Bagong Mountain had robbed Su Jin's large amount of grain, Feng Laohu applauded and celebrated, but the next situation was something he didn't expect, he thought that Bagong Mountain was unbreakable, even if several states joined forces, it was impossible to break the bandits' nest overnight, but he didn't expect that more than ten days later, there was news that Su Jin, the food envoy, destroyed the bandits' nest with only more than 1,000 troops.
Feng Laohu was furious, he had nothing to do with the bandits, he was angry that the booming black market grain business was about to die down again, and he was half coaxing and half frightened to get 1.6 million stone grain from the Yangzhou grain merchants, if it was according to the price of the black market, he would make a profit of 4 million yuan this winter, and there was no need to worry about not being able to sell it.
There is no need to worry about being robbed at all, the five or six hundred apprentices raised under his command are all good hands, not to mention the people, that is, the officers and soldiers are coming, and there are no thousands of eight hundred officers and soldiers who don't think about getting cheap, and in this place of Yangzhou, who will send troops to fight with him?
And the biggest worry is this bullshit order issued by the imperial court, and I want to keep a low profile, but my reputation in Yangzhou City is too great, even if I inadvertently let out a fart when I walk on the street, it will spread throughout the city the next day, and even a large number of officials and gentry will come to greet whether it is gastrointestinal discomfort on the same day.
So although he lived in seclusion for several months and tried not to show his face, but his grain storage still couldn't escape the eyes of others, in fact, it was nothing, it was only after the grain envoy Su Jin destroyed the bandits in Bagong Mountain that Feng Laohu really felt the threat, of course, he was not afraid, the person who could make Feng Laohu afraid was no one else in this world except the emperor, he was just worried that this Su Jin would bite himself, the threat of this kid was not how much ability he had, but that he didn't know anything about him.
Today, Su Jin came to the door, Feng Laohu actually got the news a long time ago, he sat in Sanli Hutong in Beikou, just to prevent his subordinates from opening the iron fence, firstly, to frustrate this kid's sharpness to show his attitude, and secondly, to see this kid's guts.
When Su Jin ordered someone to tie up a rope to pull down the iron fence, in fact, Feng Laohu felt that this person was a little tricky, and when Su Jin did not hesitate to order, "As long as there is resistance, kill him!" At the time of the order, Feng Laohu began to feel a headache.
He hurriedly showed up because he didn't want to get things out of control, because he still had a lot of unused means, first to show force to deter Su Jin, but this kid didn't care, he still broke in; Feng Laohu had to come out with a soft knife, Fuguilou, Qinghuachi These places are where he tried and tested to deal with officials of all sizes in Yangzhou, and he would not use this method if he was not a person of the grade, to put it bluntly, the characters who could make him Feng Laohu invite to Fuguilou were all characters with heads and faces, and unconsciously, Su Jin was also turned into this kind of character.
Feng Laohu was also puzzled, obviously he was just a young man who looked very weak, why was his old Jianghu a little weak in front of him; In order to calm his feeling of weakness, he actually babbled about the officials who had come to Fuguilou, and he didn't know why he did it, was he not confident enough in the methods in Fuguilou?
After mentioning Song Zhen, Su Jin's attitude was obviously different, which made Feng Laohu very excited, he couldn't wait to quickly sarcastically mock Su Jin a few words, and save some of the decline, he thought that the more he invited, the more Su Jin would refuse, but unexpectedly, this person's attitude suddenly changed greatly, and before he could react, the sleeves he pulled in his hand were empty, and he saw that Su Jin had opened the curtain at the door of the Fugui Building and stepped in.
Feng Laohu calmed down, and hurriedly stepped to follow, no matter what, he still had extreme confidence in the methods in the Fugui Building, so far, no official has entered the Fugui Building and can remain calm.