The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin couldn't help laughing. This gentleman Tixue seemed to be a master of flattery. He didn't dare to name Huaqing Pool. It was the place where Tang Minghuang and Concubine Yang took a bath together, so he played around and reversed the name. It seems that there is some indistinct connection with the Huaqing Pool, which is out of reach, and it also vaguely raises Feng Huhu's status, flattering him.

Such a name always sounds so nondescript. You say she has committed a taboo, but it is very common. You say it is common, but it is easy to think of it as "the waiter raised Jiao Weili, and it was the time of Xin Cheng Enze." It seems that Feng Huo is very satisfied with this name. It seems that this Feng Huo is not a reckless man.

"Is the name given by Master Yangzhou Tixue?" Su Jin smiled.

"Exactly, the name is still elegant? To tell you the truth, my lord envoy, officials of all sizes in Yangzhou have bathed in Tsinghua Pool. This natural hot spring is the only one in Yangzhou. Do you want to try it, lord envoy?"

"Thanks, but it's unnecessary. It's just half-warm water. There was a big wooden barrel in the envoy's room. After filling it with hot water, it's not much different from this."

Su Jin poured a ladle of cold water on his head, extinguishing Feng Huhu's complacency, and Feng Huhu cursed inwardly: What a ignorant thing.But there was no reaction on his face, he just smiled and said: "It's reasonable, to put it bluntly, it's just a pool of hot soup, and my lord is really...quick to speak."

Su Jin laughed, but he was secretly worried. This Feng Huo seemed to have unfathomable roots. From his words, it could be heard that officials of all sizes in Yangzhou had contacts with him, and they seemed to have a good relationship. His intention was obvious, that is, He was telling Su Jin that in Yangzhou City, Feng Huhu had his hands and eyes open to the sky, but he, a small foreign envoy, could move whenever he wanted. Of course, Su Jin could feel the threat revealed in the gossip.

Everyone walked through the courtyard and came to the small building. Su Jin looked up at a plaque hanging on the small building, and wrote the words "Fu Gui Lou" on it. The handwriting was elegant and elegant, as if it was written by a famous master.

"Special Envoy Su guess who wrote this plaque?" Feng Huhu asked with a smile.

"I can't guess, but he is a famous person after all, otherwise how would he be qualified to write a plaque for Master Feng?"

"Haha, you guessed it right. This plaque was inscribed by Song Fuzun, our parent official in Yangzhou. Look at this font. Even if you are a reckless old man, you can still see the skill in this character. The character is like a person. Song Fuzun has a noble character, and his ligatures are so elegant and unconventional, hahaha..."

Su Jin was tongue-tied and couldn't close his mouth. Song Xiang wrote an inscription for Feng Huhu?Could it be that there is something wrong between Feng Huhu and Song Xiang?No, no matter how you look at it, Song Xiang is not the kind of person who commits crimes and colludes with officials and businessmen. Isn't he just acting in front of him?

The more Su Jin thought about it, the more he was sweating. It wasn't that Song Xiang and Feng Huhu got mixed up and he was afraid, but that he had a lot of handles in Song Xiang's hands, and any one he shook out would be enough for him to drink a pot. - He really has something to do with Feng Huhu, and he is holding his own account, how can he fight Feng Huhu?Feng Huhu couldn't get even one of the million shi grains in his hand.

Feng Huo looked at Su Jin's expression coldly, and said in his heart: Boy, you are still very young when you fight with me. Here, if the old man can't beat you, a stunned young man from outside, wouldn't he have spent decades in Yangzhou City in vain?

"Master Special Envoy, please come inside. The scented tea is ready. I don't know why I hit it off with Lord Special Envoy. The more we chat, the happier we are. Today, I want to give you face and drink a cup of tea."

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and thought about where the grain was stored in those two warehouses. The possession of these two granaries was the greatest weight in the contest with Feng Huohu. No matter what, Feng Huohu secretly collected grain and did not sell it according to the court regulations. And Guancang, this is his biggest fox tail; since he can't figure out what's going on between Song Xiang and Feng Huhu now, it's not appropriate to scare the snake away.

"This...Master Feng, I suddenly remembered that I have something important to deal with today, so it's better not to go in and disturb me, so I will take my leave." Su Jin raised his hands and walked away.

Feng Huhu grabbed Su Jin's ear and whispered: "What important things can you do? To tell you something you don't like to hear, you are the special envoy of grain affairs. You have nothing to do except grain affairs. What about arresting bandits?" To put it bluntly, the matter of the chieftain is just a cover for you to envoy the adults. The purpose of your coming to the old man is clear. The old man will not give you face. Everything will be discussed upstairs, lest you return empty-handed and call Yangzhou officials. Make fun of you for being incompetent, and make fun of me, Feng Jingyao, for not knowing the rules."

It was the first time for Su Jin to be ridiculed in this way. Since Feng Huhu appeared, he was slow-witted and restrained everywhere. Just now, he was aggressive, and now Feng Huo is teasing and teasing himself.

There was an evil fire in Su Jin's heart, he was a person who took the soft but not the hard, as an ordinary person at this time, he would naturally be at the mercy of others, but Su Jin's stubborn temper was aroused.

Barefoot still afraid of you wearing shoes?I'm just a temporary errand, you are all wealthy and important officials in the court, even if Song Xiang and officials of all sizes in Yangzhou are related to Feng Huhu, I shouldn't be afraid of being exposed, because I The biggest trick is to open the granary to use military rations privately, and this trick is also Song Xiang's biggest trick. After it is announced, no one can escape. Just now, there was a hint of fear, and he was worried about gains and losses. This is really a big mistake. .

After Su Jin figured this out, he immediately felt better, with a smile on his face, squinting at the complacent Feng Huhu, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Feng is so kind, I wouldn't mind if I didn't come into your rich building to bother you." Wouldn't it be too embarrassing for you to have a cup of fragrant tea? However, this envoy wants to correct you, this envoy is the special envoy for food affairs, but the emperor made it very clear at the time of the imperial order that all matters related to food affairs should be The envoy has the right to intervene. You don't know that the bandits from Bagong Mountain dared to move the envoy's grain. If a person dares to fool and belittle this envoy, he will end badly, Master Feng must remember my words."

Feng Huhu was taken aback for a moment, and when he was overjoyed, he actually forgot what the young man in front of him had done. Since the envoy came to Yangzhou, Yangzhou City has almost returned to normal from a chaotic city, but Song Xiang never After hearing the news that Bagong Mountain bandits had robbed Su Jin of a large amount of food, Feng Huo applauded and celebrated, but the next situation was unexpected. He thought that Bagong Mountain was indestructible. Even if several prefectures join forces, it is impossible to destroy the bandit's nest overnight, but I did not expect that just over ten days later, there was news that the grain envoy Su Jin had destroyed the bandit's nest with only a thousand troops .

Feng Huhu was very angry. He had nothing to do with the bandits. What he was angry about was that the booming black market grain business was about to die down. , if according to the price of the black market this winter will make a profit of 160 million guan, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it. Women selling themselves will also get money to buy rice.

There is no need to worry about being robbed at all. The five or six hundred apprentices under him are all good players, not to mention the common people, even the officers and soldiers. If there are no thousand or eight hundred officers and soldiers, don’t even think about getting cheap. Besides, in Yangzhou In this place, who would send troops to fight with him?

And the biggest worry is this bullshit order from the court. I also want to keep a low profile, but I am too famous in Yangzhou City. Even if I accidentally fart on the street, it will be spread the next day. All over the city, even a large number of officials and gentry came to ask if it was stomach discomfort.

So even though he lived in seclusion for several months and tried not to show his face, the matter of his grain collection still could not escape the eyes of others. In fact, it was nothing. He really felt the threat. Of course, he was not afraid. There is no one else in the world who can make Feng Huo afraid except the emperor. He is just worried that Su Jin will bite him. The threat of this kid does not lie in how big he is. The thing is that he doesn't know anything about him.

Today, when Su Jin came to his door, Feng Huhu actually got the news a long time ago. He was sitting in Sanli Hutong, Beikou, and he refused to allow his subordinates to open the iron fence. To see this kid's guts.

When Su Jin ordered someone to tie a rope to pull down the iron fence, Feng Huo actually felt that this person was a bit tricky. When Su Jin ordered without hesitation, "As long as there is resistance, shoot and kill!" ', Feng Huo began to feel a headache.

He showed up in a hurry because he didn't want to bring the matter to an unmanageable confrontation, because he still had a lot of useless methods. First, he showed his force to deter Su Jin, but this kid didn't care, so he rushed in; Only after he came out with a soft knife, Fugui Building, Tsinghua Pool and other places were his tricks in dealing with officials of all sizes in Yangzhou. The people invited to the Fugui Building are all prominent people, and Su Jin has been transformed into this kind of people unconsciously.

Feng Huhu was also very puzzled, he was obviously just a weak-looking young man, why did he feel a little guilty in front of him as an old Jianghu? After rambling on, he didn't know why he did this. Could it be that he was not confident enough in the methods of Fugui Building?

After mentioning Song Xiang, Su Jin's attitude was obviously different, which made Feng Huo very excited. He couldn't wait to satirize Su Jin a few words to restore some of the decline. He thought that the more he invited, the more Su Jin would be. Yes, he would refuse, but unexpectedly this person's attitude changed drastically. Before he could react, he pulled his sleeves empty, and saw that Su Jin had already opened the curtain at the entrance of Fugui Building, and walked in.

Feng Laohu collected his mind and hurriedly followed. No matter what, he still had extreme confidence in the methods in the Fuguilou. So far, no official has been able to remain calm after entering the Fuguilou.