Kowloon wins

Chapter 322 Troubling News

On the ninth day of July in the 46th year of Kangxi, the public election of the directors of the Eight Banners Company, which had been tossing for more than half a month, finally came to fruition. And some ordinary bannermen have been elected as members of the board of supervisors, and will form the board of supervisors together with candidates selected from the fleet to supervise whether the members of the board of directors and the behavior of the company's top and bottom are in compliance with the company's rules and regulations.

On July 46th of the 22th year of Kangxi, Hongqing jointly signed the Eight Banners Dutong Yamen, and all of them unified the chapter of the Eight Banners firm. The emperor read it and thought it was acceptable, so the firm was established. The coordination matters have been given green lights by various departments, and all matters have been completed as quickly as possible; on the ninth day of August, the Macau shipyard handed over ten large sea-going ships again, and they were put into operation immediately. On September [-]th, [-] ships were fully loaded Fleets of various goods departed from Guangzhou and Hangzhou respectively, and headed straight to Dongying with [-] sea-going ships along the way, and [-] sea-going ships on the other way to Nanyang. So far, the Eight Banners Company has officially stepped onto the world stage.

The launch of the Eight Banners Company is naturally a major event, no matter whether it is an ordinary bannerman or a general, they are all talking about it, and the old sixteen who is actually in charge of the overall situation is very busy, only the one who started it But Hong Qing just stood by and watched. Ever since he signed the joint letter, Hong Qing no longer paid any attention to the matter of the Eight Banners firm. Every day, he either went to the study room to study, or spent time in the office of the Ministry of Industry. If you don't care about the company's affairs, you can be as honest as you want.

indifferent?of course not!The Eight Banners Company is Hongqing's largest investment so far. Although the personal benefits obtained from it are limited, the significance is extremely important. This is the most critical point for Hongqing to reverse the course of history. In short, the reason why I don't take care of it on the surface is just because I am afraid of breaking the old man's taboo, but in private, I often use the old sixteen to express my own will. It was an insurance policy. Fortunately, everything went smoothly. With the fleet sailing again, Hong Qing's heart was finally settled, and her mind was really turned to the affairs of the Ministry of Industry. She went out early and returned late every day. I'm busy all over the place, although I'm tired, but my heart is solid. Maybe that's how the so-called pain and happiness come about. No, I'm so busy today that it's almost dark, I just returned to my house, and I just entered my home. Before anyone could sit down in the courtyard, Guan Yu poked his head in from behind the screen with a sneaky look on his face.

"What's the matter?"

After working hard for a whole day, Hong Qing was really tired and exhausted. When she saw Guan Yu poking her head over there, she immediately became impatient for a while, but she didn't attack it. She just frowned slightly and let out a displeased sigh.

"My lord, Mr. Li has come and said he has something important to see you."

Hearing that Hong Qing's voice was wrong, Guan Yu didn't dare to be negligent, and approached Hong Qing in three steps at a time, and carefully reported a word.

"Oh? Please."

Hong Qing really didn't understand why Li Minquan was looking for her in such a hurry, but she didn't think much about it, and she agreed with a raised brow.

"twitter."

Guan Yu hurriedly responded, and rushed out of the room in a flash, and after a while, accompanied Li Minquan and walked in from the outside again.

"This subordinate has seen the little prince."

Li Minquan respectfully saluted and greeted him, but he did not state the purpose of urgently seeking an audience, instead he wandered around with his eyes wandering.

"You all back down."

Seeing Li Minquan's strange expression, Hong Qing couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, but she didn't rush to ask what happened, but waved her hand to push away all the people in the room.

"Yes."

Now that Hongqing had given the order, Yulin and other maidservants dared not delay, they all complied with the promise, and each left the room.

"Reporting to my little prince, my subordinates have received a reliable tip that the elder brother is beating the crown prince in his back garden, and the evidence of his betrayal has been fully revealed!"

As soon as everyone retreated, Li Minquan moved forward excitedly, and reported in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Hong Qing suddenly became agitated, not because she was shocked by the news itself, but because she thought of the strangeness in it, nothing else, the matter of the elder brother oppressing the prince, Hong Qing had already done it in her previous life Knowing the basics, it is clearer that this matter is the court report of the third master, which eventually led to the elder brother being imprisoned in the Shangsi courtyard. The only thing that is not clear is how the news reached the ears of the third master—— There is indeed a dark underworld force in the hands of the third master, and there are indeed a few masters of the rivers and lakes among them, but the overall scale is pitifully small, and the energy is really not great. Logically speaking, it is absolutely impossible to find out the secrets of the elder brother. The extremely small action, the word coincidence is probably hard to explain, so the strangeness may not be so simple.

"Little prince, this matter is absolutely correct. The subordinates have sent someone to secretly investigate the alchemist who performed the method for eldest elder brother. In addition, the internal response of eldest elder brother's mansion also sent back accurate news. After comparing the two, , so as not to miss anything.”

Li Minquan didn't know what was going on in Hong Qing's mind, and mistakenly thought that Hong Qing was doubting the reliability of the news, so he hurriedly explained.

"Well, the news should be true. Ben Baylor just wondered where the source of the news came from."

As soon as she heard Li Minquan's words, Hong Qing knew that she had misunderstood her thoughts, but she didn't explain much, she just asked calmly.

"The words back to the little prince are the news sent back by He Mingda. According to what he said, he accidentally heard the alchemist who performed the method for the elder brother drunk and raving. Because of the seriousness of the matter, he did not know the truth or falsehood. I don’t dare to assert the truth, so I just reported to my subordinates tentatively, and my subordinates thought that this matter was groundless, and it might not be without reason, so they sent people to investigate the truth, and they found something.”

When Hong Qing asked, Li Minquan didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly explained the cause and effect in detail.

"He Mingda? Well..., I'm pressing this point in advance, Ben Baylor has to think hard before making a decision."

He Mingda is one of the masters of the rivers and lakes that the third master recruited from the people in the early years. He is also one of the few masters in Prince Cheng's residence. I don't know much about this person's character, and I don't doubt his loyalty. I just feel that the exposure of this matter is too coincidental. He couldn't find any flaws, and after pondering for a moment with his brows tightly furrowed, he decided to press the matter first.

"This……"

Hearing what Hong Qing said, Li Minquan froze on the spot immediately, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to speak, but he hesitated and didn't dare to speak out directly.

"Speak straight."

Hong Qing is such a shrewd person, just looking at Li Minquan's face, she immediately knew that there might be other changes in the matter, so she frowned impatiently, and said in a cold voice.

"Ah, so that the little prince can know that this subordinate has been talking fast and has already reported the matter to the prince. This..."

Seeing Hong Qing's unhappy expression, Li Minquan couldn't bear it any longer, and the old man blushed, and hurriedly explained.

"Um……"

Hong Qing was very dissatisfied with Li Minquan's performance of being greedy for merit, but the matter had already happened, even if Li Minquan was scolded, it would not help. I don't even dare to make a definite judgment, so it's hard to blame him.

"Little Prince Mingjian, my subordinates think that since this matter is true, it should be of great use. Even if you hold back at this moment, if you throw it out in the future, it may have a miraculous effect."

Li Minquan's ability to observe facial expressions is top-notch. Once he found out that Hong Qing was dissatisfied with his own performance, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He was afraid that Hong Qing would be surprised. some.

Throw it out in response to the occasion?Hey, wasn't that what the third master did in the previous life? What was the result?It's not just a villain for nothing!

As soon as Li Minquan's suggestions came out, Hong Qing immediately contacted the changes in the things he knew in the previous life. He was really not interested in such stupid things that hurt others and hurt himself. The princes are fighting for achievements, rather than tearing each other down, let alone trying to punish each other. If the subordinates expose the big brother's treason, it may be a great achievement, but if the person who makes the move is the big brother, then It must be harming others and himself, and it has no place to arouse the old man's suspicion. This is obviously not a good thing. The problem is that the third master's structure is too small, so it may not be possible to calculate such twists and turns. If you want to convince him Obviously, it is not an easy task, and this is the root cause of Hongqing's endless headaches. There is no way to do it. The experience of the previous life is Hongqing's biggest secret, which is really not for outsiders.

"To my little lord, Mo Yu is here, and he said that the lord has invited you and Mr. Li to discuss matters in the study together."

As the saying goes, if you are afraid of something, you will come here. No, Hong Qing didn't even think about this matter clearly before she saw Guan Yu hurriedly come out from behind the screen, rushed to the front, and respectfully He made a statement.

"Well, I got it, tell Mo Yu to go back and say that Ben Baylor will be here soon."

Although Guan Yu never mentioned the purpose of the third master's recruitment, but Hong Qing knew that the third master most likely planned to discuss the news that Li Minquan had received, and her head ached a little. However, since the third master was summoned, it was obviously impossible not to go. There was no other way, so Hong Qing could only use a tactic to delay the attack and sent Guan Yu out, while he himself was pacing back and forth in the room with his head down. , The brain started to run at a high speed.

(End of this chapter)