At noon that day, Magistrate Cao held a banquet in the government office to welcome his highnesses.
In addition to two local celebrities in Zhenjiang, Magistrate Cao also specially invited Lu Zhonghe and Xie Yunzhang to accompany him.
But to the surprise of the two Jiangnan bosses, even though Magistrate Cao introduced them ceremoniously, their highnesses showed no reaction, not even the intention of being perfunctory.
This made Magistrate Cao a little embarrassed. He changed the topic with a smile on his face and said: "Your highnesses, when you come to Zhenjiang, you must try our crab roe soup dumplings. Look at the skin of this dumpling. It can be broken with a blow and is as thin as a cicada's wing."
, there are thirty-three steps in the process alone. Add some Zhenjiang vinegar, and the taste will be so great that even the Buddha would return to secularism after tasting it!"
"Hmm." The expressions of the several highnesses finally became vivid, especially His Highness the King of Chu. He poked the buns with his fingers with great interest and grinned like a mentally retarded child:
"This skin is not broken, it's amazing..."
Obviously, he is more interested in crab roe soup dumplings than Lu and Xie.
The two Jiangnan bosses were so ashamed that their faces turned red as monkeys' butts.
They secretly glanced at Lao Liu, and their eyes were full of resentment... His Highness next to him had nothing to do with him, and it was understandable that he was indifferent, but how could you, Your Highness the King of Chu, treat us like insignificant commoners?
Didn’t you invite us to the Laba Banquet? Didn’t you want to talk to me about Shibosi? How could you despise us so much?
The two looked at each other again, and Lu Zhonghe gave Xie Yunzhang a calm look. This meant that His Highness the King of Chu was deliberately messing with us.
‘Don’t worry, they will definitely talk to us after dinner. Let’s do whatever we want to do then, don’t be affected.’
‘Hmm.’ The two exchanged glances.
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However, after lunch, several of their highnesses went straight to the back office to rest.
His Highness the King of Chu was just chatting and laughing with his brothers, without even looking at Lu Zhonghe and Xie Yunzhang, he disappeared from their longing gazes.
Lu Zhonghe and Xie Yunzhang can either leave or stay. They can dig out a courtyard with their embarrassed toes.
The two of them held on until Magistrate Cao had settled several highnesses, exited the back office, and hurried to greet them.
"Master, His Highness the King of Chu..." Lu Zhonghe asked bravely.
"Did you say you summoned us?" Xie Yunzhang continued.
Magistrate Cao shook his head and said with a strange look on his face: "To be honest with you, I was afraid that your highness would forget things, so I asked you two if I wanted to meet you first and have a chat. But your highness...
…”
He couldn't say what he said next.
"Master Fu, just say, we can survive it."
"Okay. His Highness asked, are you not maritime merchants?" Magistrate Cao glanced at Magistrate Zhou on the side and said, "I will deny it for you according to what Lao Zhou said."
"You said no." Zhou Zhixian quickly clarified.
"Yes, that's what we said." Lu Zhonghe nodded and asked hurriedly: "What did Your Highness say?"
"His Highness said...since they are not maritime merchants, what is there to see? Let them finish their porridge tomorrow, and then...each go back to his home." Magistrate Cao automatically purified Lao Liu's words. The original words were much worse than this.
.
"Ah..." Lu Zhonghe and Xie Yunzhang were dumbfounded. "Isn't your Highness too honest?"
"We are indeed not maritime merchants, but who among the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River wouldn't sell us three-point thin noodles?" Lu Zhonghe looked extremely embarrassed. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, he had never been so embarrassed.
"I have said this for you." Magistrate Cao smiled bitterly and said, "But His Highness said that if he has anything to say, he will tell it directly to the merchants, without the need for an intermediary to pass the message on."
"This..." The two of them were stunned for a long time before Xie Yunzhang sighed depressedly: "Oh, His Highness thinks things are too simple."
"Perhaps in the eyes of His Highness, there are no complicated things in this world." Magistrate Cao said perfunctorily, cupping his hands towards the two of them and saying, "I have official business to do, so I'm sorry."
"Excuse me." Magistrate Zhou also gave up his hand and walked away with Magistrate Cao, leaving the two of them messy in the wind...
After a long while, Lu and Xie came out of the government office feeling disappointed.
In fact, the two of them had done enough homework this time. What should be said, what should not be said, what can be agreed to, and what cannot be promised, they were all carefully considered. Who would have thought that after preparing eighteen kinds of martial arts, they actually
It was of no use, so I came out in disgrace...
"You are so disrespectful!" After returning to the garden under Baoxia, Xie Yunzhang broke the tea cup that Mei Ji offered.
The maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt down, and the butler stepped forward to clean it up. However, Xie Yunzhang was still angry and said: "Hurry up and clean it up, I will go back to Hangzhou today!"
"Ah, yes..."
"You guys step back first." Lu Zhonghe, who came with him, waved his hands.
The housekeeper looked at his master in embarrassment, but was rebuked by Xie Yunzhang: "Go down, don't you see that I have something to say with Mr. Pingjiang?"
Everyone quickly filed away. Xie Yunzhang then said to Lu Zhonghe: "Old Lu, you should also go together. The dignified Lu family cannot bear such humiliation."
"Why did that Highness insult us?" Lu Zhonghe emphasized: "He is just ignorant, and ignorant people are not guilty."
"He is pretending to be confused because he understands, and deliberately humiliates us to promote himself!" Xie Yunzhang said angrily: "Even though he is only twelve or thirteen years old, he is surrounded by a bunch of dog-headed military advisors!"
"This is all your guess, you can't count. You have to think the best of people." Lu Zhonghe still shook his head and said: "Even if you guessed, but you walked away when you were angry, you didn't mess with him.
?”
"When we leave, his face will be dull!" Xie Yunzhang snorted.
"Once we leave, what if there is a weakling who joins the imperial court?" Lu Zhonghe said coldly: "There are too many people coming this time, and it is inevitable that they all have their own agendas. We have to stay here to keep them safe.
Something is wrong!"
"Oh, okay." Xie Yunzhang responded angrily: "I just can't swallow this breath."
"Want to be angry? It's easy." Lu Zhonghe smiled lightly and said: "Let's quickly call everyone for a meeting and remind them again that no one is allowed to admit that they are maritime merchants tomorrow - otherwise, they will be extinct from Jiangnan!"
"Okay." Xie Yunzhang nodded heavily and said: "Isn't it that he, the sixth one, doesn't want to talk to us? He wants to talk directly to the maritime merchants? There is no maritime merchant this time. It depends on who you talk to!"
"Young people think that relying on their status, they can go on a rampage," Lu Zhonghe said with a smile full of wisdom: "When he gets bruised and bruised, he will know why he wants to be 'Corporal Li Xian'. It will come naturally when the time comes.
Talked to us."
"It won't be as simple as this time." Xie Yunzhang laughed ferociously and loudly ordered the housekeeper:
"Don't rush to clean up now. Go and call all the gentlemen here. I'll treat them to sugar water!"
