Chapter 463: The Wonderful Journey to Kaifeng City (4)
Chapter 463 The Wonderful Journey to Kaifeng City (4)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 463 The Wonderful Journey to Kaifeng City (4)
Jean Du Baojun is a little undecided now.
Not only was he, a well-known former talent in the Huzhou area, severely affected by the astonishing talent of the noble concubine and husband during the banquet just now.
So much so that even now, he has two poems that are considered to be his highest level in his arms, but he has never had the nerve to show them off.
The more important reason was that he saw that he couldn't stand out at the banquet.
He began to think about some details that he had overlooked since he arrived in Kaifeng City.
For example: It stands to reason that the current new court of Queen Maode in Kaifeng City is facing a huge threat that the Queen of the Golden Man may attack again.
It is said that a new army of 50,000 people was formed just over a month ago.
Even though Du Baojun didn't know what kind of new method such a so-called new army was.
But what he knew was that during the last Jin invasion, the armor and ordnance originally stored in Kaifeng City, as well as the more skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, were all robbed by the Jin.
As a result, all the weapons and armor needed by such a new army will basically have to be built from scratch.
That involves the need for a large amount of iron materials to create a sufficient number of weapons and armors; in terms of iron materials, it should be quite scarce.
The result? Among the dozens of materials purchased by the Department of Commerce at high prices, there is no such thing as iron materials.
On the contrary, at the daytime auction, the noble concubine and her husband said that as long as each regional franchisee did not pick up more than 200,000 kilograms of goods at a time, there would be no problem.
There is such a surplus of Bailiang Steel, which can be made into high-quality soldiers and armors, and can be sold to the outside world at will?
Suddenly, Du Baojun realized one thing clearly:
The new imperial court represented by Queen Maode is not as weak as the outside rumors at all. On the contrary, its strength far exceeds everyone's imagination.
As a qualified businessman, he knows that the highest level of their profession is not to be rich and powerful.
Rather, it was like the Spring and Autumn Period, when Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the Qin State, invested in creating an emperor for eternity and gained supreme power.
Compared with the Du family, although they do not have Lu Buwei's family background and heroic spirit.
But if we make a bet in the new imperial court of the Song Dynasty, which is currently the most difficult time, and take the initiative to seek refuge, the rewards we can get in the future will be amazing.
It's just that the matter was so serious that Du Baojun couldn't make up his mind whether he should really press it or not. Naturally, he didn't have much thought about having another banquet with other businessmen.
Then at this moment, an unexpected situation occurred, which finally gave Du Baojun an idea.
Because just when he was hesitant, another sentence suddenly came to his ears: "Look, isn't that the legendary Hu Yitong, Privy Envoy Hu?"
After hearing this, Du Baojun immediately opened his eyes wide and looked towards this legendary and controversial figure.
I saw a rhythmic sound of hooves on the streets that were already sparsely populated late at night.
A young man wearing a purple official robe that only officials of the third rank or above of the imperial court were qualified to wear, with a face like a crown jewel and an excellent demeanor, appeared on the street in front of them.
Shi Shiran passed by them and disappeared.
Such a handsome young man was riding on a big green mule in a somewhat nondescript manner.
What seems even more inconsistent is that, as a high-ranking member of the imperial court, this person does not even have a guard or entourage around him; he can obviously be called "Mr.", and it is okay to have an accessory on his waist, but he has a...
An ugly butcher knife.
Now in the huge city of Kaifeng, or in the entire Song Dynasty.
There is no one who can have such a strange appearance except Cao Cao, who is rumored to be a good person from a technical secondary school. With the support of a group of party members, he blackmailed the emperor and ordered the princes to live.
Who else could he be besides Hu Biao, deputy prime minister of the dynasty and envoy to the Privy Council, Hu Yitong?
Perhaps it was because some people in the crowd accidentally drank too much because they drank a strong liquor called Shaodaozi during the previous banquet.
Being drunk and emboldened, a low-pitched murmur soon reached Du Baojun's ears:
"Hu Yitong is really a disgrace to our Song Dynasty. A high-ranking official in the imperial court is dressed like a man who slaughters pigs and sheep. He has really disgraced the dignity of our Song Dynasty."
In the blink of an eye, another rebuttal voice sounded:
"Don't talk nonsense, let alone talk about how diligently I am working on state affairs now that I have finished my official duties.
Mr. Hu Xianggong said that because war horses are scarce in the city now, he won't go to the battlefield to fight recently anyway, so it is better to save a war horse and put it in a place where it is more needed.
The butcher's knife on his waist has a reason.
It is said that it was originally owned by a volunteer named Chen Ergou in the city. Unfortunately, he failed to kill Yi Jinren and was seriously injured and dying while supporting Chubing Mountain. This was the biggest regret before his death.
As a result, he happened to meet the envoy Hu, and he immediately swore that he would kill at least ten golden soldiers with this butcher knife.
From that day on, this pig-butchering knife became Hu Xianggong's personal belongings. Even today, more than a hundred Jin people have died under this pig-butchering knife.
Privy Envoy Hu still keeps it with him at all times to motivate himself."
Under such an explanation, everyone was amazed.
Only the person who muttered first still shouted with some dissatisfaction: "Even so, this is just a way for the thief Hu Yitong to win people's hearts."
The problem is, regardless of whether what Hu Biao did was to win people's hearts, he was able to make such a move and persisted for such a long time.
It was enough for Du Baojun to make a sufficient decision:
He did not return to Huzhou, so he quickly wrote a letter of divorce and explained the matter of the regional franchise in detail, and then asked his close servants to return immediately and handed it over to the head of their Du family, who was his father.
Presumably from his father's perspective, he naturally knows what to do next.
As for him, he has important matters.
That is to stay in Kaifeng City and continue to walk around more. Finally, it was decided whether the Du family should take a chance and completely surrender to the new imperial court of the Song Dynasty.
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After making up his mind, Du Baojun declined the others' suggestion to go to Wase to have some fun later, and hurriedly walked towards the inn where he lived.
After I finish writing the letter, I plan to leave the city early tomorrow morning and ask my close servants to rush back to Huzhou immediately.
On the way back, because he didn't eat anything during the banquet, he ate a large bowl of wontons when he met someone carrying a load of wontons.
Then, he started writing vigorously under the lamp oil.
It's just that in such a process, he didn't notice anything relevant at all.
For example, among his praises, the wonton seller who was not tall but had excellent craftsmanship was none other than Hou San's sworn brother Liu Dalang.
When Hou San signed up to join the new army that day, Liu Dalang was attracted by Yu Hanfeng.
This is not because Yu Hanfeng has some strange hobbies. His girlfriends in the modern dimension have successfully proposed marriage; it is just that in his opinion, Liu Dalang is a talent.
Because who would have thought that such a three-inch hawker could actually be a spy.
Isn't this his latest creation, the new intelligence department "Jin Yiwei" within the Song Dynasty, an excellent target for absorption?
So after more than a month of training, today happened to be the first show of Liu Dalang and others; let's find out how much the franchisees in these regions recognized the new imperial court.
After all, what they want is to develop a group of supporters, not some white-eyed wolves.
So the unlucky guy who was madly complaining about Hu Biao just now may not end well in the future.
In addition, since there is an internal intelligence department, Jin Yiwei, there is also a relevant external department, which is the 'East Factory' that the singer is responsible for.
And the East Factory already has one, and the propaganda department that Fatty Huang is in charge of is the ‘West Factory’. It’s normal for such a place to appear.
Of course, the above names like Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang are just based on the bad taste of these guys.
They had known for a long time that the Ming Dynasty in later generations would be extremely harmful to such a "special policy", but they were still quite restrained in many aspects.
For example, the Xichang under Fatty Huang was mainly the editor and publisher of the Song Dynasty Times.
In addition, there are a group of old men and old ladies from Kaifeng City, who use the vast ocean of surveillance methods of the people to prevent the infiltration of opponents.
There is also some subtle and rather subtle propaganda.
It sounds awesome, but in reality it's a bit shabby.
At the same time, in a small building in Wase, a group of businessmen who had obtained the franchise also started having another banquet.
But they didn't know that not far away, in a courtyard behind the tile house, the talented lady and concubine in their eyes was teaching the group of 'swallows' under her:
"How many times have I told you, it's okay to laugh before you say anything, but don't laugh so wildly.
Don't immediately pounce on the target when you see it, wishing you could pull all your clothes off, just to know whether you know it or not.
She must be more like a rich lady than someone else's rich lady.
Only by holding it and whetting the appetite of these old SPs can you take out everything you want from their mouths and pockets.
Okay! Let’s start the makeup class now, everyone take out your makeup boxes~”
In short, in a short period of time, Kaifeng City has been quietly enveloped by a large net woven by Yu Hanfeng, Singer, Huang Yizhi, and the imperial concubine.
And after such a large net continues to evolve, it will soon be released, covering an increasingly wider area...
