Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 749 Lead the snake out of the hole
Mei Shi welcomes the rain.

In the south of the Yangtze River where plum blossoms have entered, the rain began to drip continuously.Dripping eaves, rippling rivers, stone bridges with moss, graceful alleys with shiny bluestone slabs, and occasionally meeting a "holding an oil-paper umbrella, wandering alone in the long, long and lonely rain alley, I How I wish to meet, a lilac-like girl full of sorrow..."

Don't think that Meiyu in the south of the Yangtze River is always so poetic and picturesque, and it will also have a fierce and irritable side.

Today's Haiyu Town was ravaged by a torrential rain. The drizzle that had just arrived gradually gradually, and after a burst of lightning and thunder, it brewed into a refreshing and heroic torrential rain. The bean-sized raindrops fell heavily on the ground, like The fierce war horse kicked with four hooves, and the loud sound was boring, full of a kind of majesty of thousands of troops and rushing turbulence!

Two figures walked into the alley, the rain poured down, and the oil-paper umbrella in his hand was blown to one side from time to time by the wind, and the rain drenched the corners of his shoulders and shirts.The two of them walked in a hurry, just covering their heads, faces and bodies with umbrellas, ignoring the wet shoes, socks and clothes brought by the footsteps during the walk, and hurried to a house at the end of the alley, hiding under the rain eaves at the door, "Bang Bang bang" knocked on the courtyard door.

Soon there was a sound of footsteps stepping on the stagnant water in the courtyard, the latch was pulled, and the courtyard door was pushed open, revealing a servant in blue cloth.

"Who are you two looking for?"

One of the young men with frosted temples asked: "Brother Zhu is in the mansion? A certain surname is Lu. He made an appointment with Brother Zhu and came to visit today."

The servant said "Oh", and quickly opened the courtyard door, and said sideways: "So it is Master Lu, the owner of the house has explained that if you come, you can go in directly, no need to report."

The young man nodded, and walked into the courtyard with the other.

The servant closed the courtyard door and trotted to the front to lead the two of them.

The courtyard is not big, but it is very delicately repaired. There are all kinds of rockery and screen walls. There is even an exquisite water pavilion built beside a small lotus pond. In summer, the lotus pond is quite elegant.

There is a row of moso bamboo planted in the corner, and the bamboo leaves are washed by the rain to become greener and greener, which is very interesting.

The servant led the two of them through the courtyard paved with blue bricks, and came straight to the door of the main house, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, and said loudly: "Report to the master, Master Lu has arrived."

A male voice full of air said in the room: "Please!"

The servant pushed open the door and said respectfully, "You two, please come inside."

It was pouring rain outside, but the house was cool and tidy.

The mahogany floor is so smooth, a finely textured reed mat is spread near the inside, a carved lacquer tea table is placed on it, a whole set of white tea sets are placed in the tea tray, and there is another crystal clear porcelain plate It is full of freshly ripe plums.

A fat man in royal blue uniforms was kneeling behind the tea table, staring at a pot of water on a small red clay stove. When he saw the two people coming in, he waved his hands casually: "Please sit down, please. Just open it, and give the two Changchang this year's new tea, the top Longjing, you can't drink it even if you have money!"

This casual gesture made Lu Xiaoyu faintly angry.

At the beginning, I was a doctor of the Ministry of Justice, and this guy was a fat dog wagging his head and tail in front of me. Now that I have been dismissed from office, and the Lu family has also been devastated, so I started to play tricks on myself?
what!
However, thinking that it was really possible to come here today, I could only hold back my anger, sat across from the fat man, and said with a smirk: "Then Lu is lucky, but it is said that this top-grade Longjing is a royal tribute , it is absolutely not allowed to be sold in the market, and the Fang family controls and manages it very strictly, but I don't know where Brother Zhu got it from?"

As he spoke, he beckoned to those who came with him to sit beside him without being formal.

Zhu Qu's fat face like a Maitreya Buddha was full of complacency, and he said disapprovingly, "So what about the imperial tribute? We didn't go to grab it from the emperor! After all, the Three Wus are still under the Jiangdong Wu surname. His Fang Jun What is it like to be a bird? What is it to get some tea from his tea garden! Nowadays, it is rumored all over Suzhou that Fang Jun likes to eat human brains, and his reputation is already extremely bad. Moreover, the people in Jiangnan say they don’t know that Fang Jun went south to fight with Jiangnan. People fight for profit, so as to please the emperor? Let me tell you, even if Fang Jun survived in Niuzhuji, when he arrives in Haiyu Town, he will still be unable to move a single step!"

Lu Xiaoyu sneered slightly, it's up to you?Fang Jun’s hole has been dug, just waiting for you to jump in, you are still complacent here... I don’t know where the confidence comes from.

He was too lazy to argue with Zhu Qu, but the one beside him spoke.

"The Fang Jun you two are talking about is the emperor's son-in-law in Chang'an?"

Zhu Qu seemed to have noticed the person brought by Lu Xiaoyu at this moment, looked up and was taken aback for a moment.

This person is short in stature, sitting on his knees like a big horse monkey, with beards all over his face, and he can't see his original face clearly.Moreover, although this person's words are correct, they are too blunt, and he is obviously not a person who often speaks Chinese.

Then he asked Lu Xiaoyu: "Who is this?"

Lu Xiaoyu introduced: "This is the minister in charge of finances in front of the Emperor of Japan, His Excellency Ji Shiju. It is probably equivalent to the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Before that, he went to Chang'an for the Tang Dynasty and met Fang Jun."

The Lu family and the Wa country have always had a paper business, this time it happened that Ji Shiju came to buy goods for the emperor, Lu Xiaoyu changed his mind and asked him for help.But he never thought that this Ji Shiju and Fang Jun were also old acquaintances, when he heard that Lu Xiaoyu's plan was related to Fang Jun, he readily agreed to it.

When Zhu Qu heard that he was a high-ranking official equivalent to the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was shocked, but then he thought that the Wa country is so big in total, and it is so poor that it is so poor, where can the emperor want to go?
He didn't pay much attention to it, just let out an "um", lowered his eyelids, and stared at the bubbling water in front of him.

Ji Shiju didn't think too much of himself, and didn't get angry at Zhu Qu's contempt.

Coming to Datang this time is totally different from last time.

Except that Lishan outside Chang'an was underestimated by Fang Jun, the officials along the way were extremely respectful to him as the envoy to the Tang Dynasty.However, when he came this time, Ji Shiju felt the atmosphere of "the pride of the country and the people".With the invincibility of the Tang army in the southern and northern wars, a sense of national pride has become stronger and stronger, and even ordinary people have become less and less concerned about the Wa Kingdom.

But for Ji Shiju, the "Japanese traitor", there is no psychological barrier at all...

There was silence for a while.

The kettle on the small red clay stove was emitting hot steam, Zhu Qu picked up the kettle, squeezed out a handful of flat emerald green tea leaves from a porcelain pot under the tea table, and threw them into the teapot, then washed and brewed the tea. The tea is divided in one go, and the ten short, thick and fat fingers are exceptionally dexterous, and the movements are somewhat pleasing to the eye, obviously a master of this method.

Sipping tea, and ridiculed all over the place, Zhu Qu asked: "Is what Xiaoyu said in his heart yesterday true?"

Seeing that he was talking about the topic, Lu Xiaoyu put down the teacup in his hand, and said solemnly: "Naturally, it is true. To be honest, the Lu family is in dire straits, and please continue a business, so please come to His Excellency Ji Shiju. Because of our friendship in the past, Your Excellency Ji Shiju agreed to a certain one, if he really has high-quality shipbuilding timber, he can recommend it to be sold to Japan, and the emperor will buy it for shipbuilding."

Zhu Qu took a look at Ji Shiju, shook his head slightly and said, "I think Xiaoyu made a mistake. If you want to buy wood, you can go to Fang Jun. Now the riverside outside Haiyu Town stretches for several miles. Fang Jun probably won’t use that much of the giant wood used in shipbuilding, so it’s okay to sell it secretly. Zhu’s family is in the silk business, where can you sell the wood to you?”

Seeing that Zhu Qu categorically denied it, Lu Xiaoyu was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Everyone lives in Jiangdong, and we have been friends for hundreds of years, why should Brother Zhu lie to me? I didn't mention where Brother Zhu's wood came from, let alone Zhu I just ask Brother Zhu to help the Lu family with wood. If he can help the Lu family buy the wood needed for shipbuilding, the Lu family will buy it at double the market price. From now on, the Lu family will always remember Brother Zhu's great kindness, but if there is a push, I will never refuse!"

No wood?

It's true that everyone is a fool!You don't have it in your hand, and Jiang Longwang ate all the wood lost by Fang Jun's navy?
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