Zhao Hanzhang handed the money to Fan Ying and Zeng Yue and ordered them: "You help Mr. Ming send them away. In two days there will be a ceremony to worship the heaven. They must be sent away before the ceremony."
Zeng Yue and Fan Ying responded in unison.
Zhao Hanzhang turned around and was about to go out. After thinking about it, he stopped the two of them and said, "If possible, redeem Zheng Mingzhu and let their family leave together."
Fan Ying's eyes were slightly wet, she responded in a low voice, and went to find Ming Yu with Zeng Yue.
When Ming Yu heard Zhao Hanzhang's request, he thought for a moment and said: "We can't leave together. I'll go and make arrangements first so that they can leave today. As for Zheng Mingzhu, if she is lucky, I will redeem her and then send her away."
Fan Ying asked: "Is it difficult to redeem it?"
Ming Yu sighed and said: "The general has very strict rules and regulations. Zheng Mingzhu is no longer a concubine, but the people in the general's house are bound by their words and deeds, and there is basically no possibility of redemption. So even if I have some face, I can't do it."
It’s hard to redeem people.”
Fan Ying pursed her lips and said, "We'll do our best."
Mingyu nodded and planned the route with the two of them to send them away.
Ming Yu did not intend to come forward on his own, so he went to find General Pei.
Jiang Chong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I will ask Mr. Ming to introduce me to you then."
Even so, Gou Xi is a hole that cannot be filled.
Regarding the request from his old friend, General Pei agreed after asking about the identities of Tan Shen and Zheng Xiao.
"Yes," General Pei couldn't stand the Jiang family and said scornfully, "The general was seduced by them."
"I want to redeem her," Ming Yu said, "Zheng Mingzhu was kind to me after she entered the mansion. If she had been as favored as before, I would never have thought of redeeming her. But I heard that she has fallen out of favor and is living in the mansion.
It's difficult. A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. I can't let my benefactor suffer in vain in the general's mansion."
Ming Yu poured him a glass of wine and whispered: "I am your gateway."
But Gou Xi was obviously not a hospitable customer. Because he was short of money, he bargained for many things, and the Jiang family couldn't afford to offend him. Basically, everything was sold to him at a loss.
General Pei looked at him deeply and said, "I'm afraid there is no way out."
But compared with Gou Xi's status, the Jiang family is just a basin of water by the river, so the Jiang family pleases Gou Xi.
Ming Yu also asked him quietly, "Have you ever thought about leaving Yanzhou?"
The Jiang family was a gentry in Yuncheng and a big businessman in Yuncheng. When the emperor moved the capital, it was their family that used their garden as a palace for the emperor.
Ming Yu seemed to know what he was thinking, and said in a low voice: "Most of the officials from all over the country who are watching the ceremony will come to Yuncheng tomorrow. My governor is also interested in officials and generals he has never seen before. He heard about the location of Mr. Jiang's restaurant.
It’s best, so I want to book a private room...”
Whatever the Jiang family has, as long as he likes it, the Jiang family will sell it to him at a low price. If they don't sell it, the Jiang family who are officials in the court will be embarrassed.
When Jiang Chong saw Ming Yu, he immediately stood up and saluted, lowering his voice and said: "Meet Mr. Ming."
As a result, some members of the Jiang family entered the court as officials.
Moreover, the Jiang family is a local. They attach great importance to their reputation and their relationship with the local people, and it is impossible for them to let go and act recklessly.
It would be fine if the Jiang family could turn these financial deficits into political resources. Except for matters involving their own interests, Pang Gou Xi basically ignored other government affairs, so the Jiang family could use very little;
When Jiang Chong heard this, he felt a little disappointed, but he still managed to pull himself together and said, "Okay, I will redeem the man for you."
This puts the Jiang family in a dilemma.
He hesitated a little, not knowing how to speak to Ming Yu. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the Jiang family were just lackeys of the General's Mansion.
Jiang Chong's eyes flashed and he said: "I am willing to help you, but I want to redeem someone from the general's palace. We, the Jiang family, have to be more cautious, so we want to make sure who is this Zheng Mingzhu? Is it who you want?"
To redeem, or does Governor Zhao want to redeem?"
The two of them sat at separate tables. Ming Yu was also direct and whispered the reason for inviting him, "I also asked Young Master Jiang to help me redeem Zheng Mingzhu."
General Pei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he felt a little disappointed. "It's a pity. If Mr. Yan were still here, I would be so happy to know that I could meet such a good master."
When Jiang Chong heard this, he immediately said: "Then I will leave my peaches and plums to Governor Zhao. The room faces the street, is large, and has the best view. As long as someone passes by on the main street, everyone in the room can see it."
"My man has no intention of competing with the general right now. The current big enemies are still Liu Yuan and Shi Le. Only by crippling them can we take action internally. Otherwise, they will attack us as soon as we move, which will be very annoying.
." Ming Yu said: "She said that the world should be the most important thing and the people should be the most important thing."
The emperor is offering sacrifices to heaven, and Gou Xi's generals are also coming to participate. General Pei arrived two days ago.
However, General Pei did not know the inside story. As Gou Xi's former staff, he and Yan Heng had the right to inspect the account books. The Jiang family may not like Gou Xi very much.
"General Pei, is it still the Jiang family that is providing treasures to the General's Mansion?"
I saw General Pei, who clearly did not leave the box, but asked someone to pretend to be him and stayed in the box. Then he quietly went to the backyard of the restaurant with others. Oh, by the way, this restaurant belongs to the Chiang family.
The gifts and treasures given at the beginning were just to improve the relationship between the two families. Who would have known that Gou Xi would become interested in the Jiang family from then on, and bought many things in the General's Mansion from the Jiang family.
He looked out the window and watched the people coming and going on the street. Gou Xi and Gou Chun should have known that he was back in Yuncheng for a long time, right?
But they didn't do anything. They even entertained Zhao Hanzhang well yesterday. They were indeed bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.
If the Jiang family didn't have it, they still had to look for it. When Ming Yu left, the Jiang family had already learned how to shirk it. Seven or eight of the ten items Gou Xi requested could not be found or bought, and the remaining two or three items would not be found.
Raise the price and wait for Gou Xi to bargain.
Outsiders only knew that money from the emperor and the treasury was flowing continuously to the General's Mansion, and then to the Chiang family. They all regarded the Chiang family as the ones who benefited, and hated them from the bottom of their hearts, but they did not know that the Chiang family was also very troubled.
Ming Yu smiled but did not respond. He also knew that General Pei had deep prejudices against the Jiang family, so he did not explain.
When Ming Yu heard him mention Yan Heng, he felt a little bad.
General Pei was a little excited and a little nervous, so he asked quietly: "When?"
He'd better visit too.
Ming Yu agreed with a smile.
Ming Yu met the eldest husband of the Jiang family in the backyard. Obviously, the Jiang family valued this meeting very much. Less than an hour after they received the message, they came over immediately to fulfill the contract.
Tomorrow he returned the gift and said, "Young Master Jiang, you don't need to be polite."
Tomorrow should also come.
Jiang Chong did not dare to neglect Ming Yu's request and started operations on the same day. Of course, he was not the one to intervene in such a matter. Jiang Chong handed over the matter to a clan brother and the steward.
That night, Brother Jiang and his steward went to have a drink with the steward who was in charge of purchasing in the General's Mansion.
Their family is most familiar with the steward of the General's Mansion.
Yesterday we had a temple fair here, and my mother had to set up a stall at the temple fair, so I was asked to help out temporarily. I was busy until early in the morning before I came back. I was too tired at the time, so I didn’t turn on the computer to ask for leave. I will try my best to make up for yesterday’s three chapters today.