Chapter 126: I am the God of Wealth!

"How is Zhou Lirong now?" Tang Cheng picked up a dried red apricot fruit from the porcelain cup on the table and asked.

Seeing that Tang Cheng was eating sweetly, Zheng Lingyi also grabbed one and threw it into the mouth and said vaguely: "He! He is now squatting in the prison behind the Yangzhou Prefecture Office."

"Huh?", even though Wu Sansi was dead, Yangzhou Prefecture was too fast, it was a bit unreasonable.

"His cousin, Zhou Yong, the chief censor of Wu Sansi's disciple, also died with his master in the mutiny." Zheng Lingyi picked up a piece of fruit and stuffed it into Tang Cheng's slightly opened mouth, and said with a crisp smile: "I killed people in the street. Zhou Lirong did too much last time and had a bad influence in the market. He had already angered the Yangzhou Prefecture. Later, when Yangzhou Prefecture asked him about it, this fat man Zhou was also very arrogant. Once this backer was gone, can he have a good deal with the current one? As soon as the news of the Chang'an mutiny came back, he was arrested. Judging from this posture, I am afraid that I will never think of it again."

Thinking about Zhou Lirong's style of taking over the entire Happy House, this person is indeed too ostentatious. It is not wrong to be arrogant in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but if a merchant is too ostentatious, it will make people dislike him, especially an official scholar who despises merchants, not to mention that he is so arrogant that he doesn't take others seriously at all.

Thinking about the acquaintance and interaction between the two, and thinking about Zhou Lirong's spending money and his spirit when he came to Yangzhou last time, Tang Cheng couldn't help but sigh, "It's easy to rise and fall in the mountains and rivers! I didn't expect that Fatty Zhou was the first person to be unlucky because of the Chang'an mutiny."

After all, this sigh was just an episode. Tang Cheng's mind quickly changed to business. "Zhou Lirong used a market price of more than 20%, but he recruited many tung oil merchants from all over the world. When he entered, wouldn't those people panic?"

"I've long fried the nest, especially those tung oil merchants on Shannan West Road, who promised to give the oil to Zhou Lirong. These people had already gone back, but now they have to hurry to Yangzhou again. Although these people didn't say it clearly, they scolded Zhou Lirong a lot in private, and even the Yangzhou government office and Li Chongjun brought it in." At this point, Zheng Lingyi smiled and turned around, "But this is a good thing. As soon as Fatty Zhou was arrested, Wu Yujun, who came with you, has now risen. He heard from the people in the Maritime Bureau that he is now in a market. I don't know how many tung oil merchants are waiting to visit him with famous thorns. The Happy Building has been in a seven or eight days, and he is the guest hosting guests."

"He's got what he can do now." Seeing Zheng Lingyi's strange smile, Tang Cheng suddenly understood after thinking for a moment. He reached out and pinched Zheng Lingyi's nose, "You don't know who I am, so start to be cautious!"

"It's not good to do it," Zheng Lingyi made a face with the situation, "Actually, you are really nothing like him. Whether it's a gathering of literati or a businessman to make a living, can you miss this whenever a man gets together? Ah Cheng, you are in the yamen now, and you will go to Beijing for imperial examinations in the future and become an official. If you are too old-fashioned when socializing, you will be underestimated! Especially after you arrive in Chang'an."

"Why is this?", this sentence came out of Zheng Lingyi's mouth, and Tang Cheng was really ashamed, "Isn't it that step yet? Let's talk about it later."

Hearing Tang Cheng's words, Zheng Lingyi became serious, "Acheng, there is something that really has to be told to you, you have good talent and good temperament. You have been staying in a small place in Jinzhou, and your knowledge and vision are bound to be limited. You are always a little restrained and unwilling to let go of your words and deeds in your daily life. This is nothing at the moment, but once you arrive in Chang'an, it will not be successful. If you become an official in the imperial examination, or even in the future, you have to be proud of your reputation, otherwise people will see that your family is so arrogant. Who else is willing to date you?"

This makes sense. But Tang Cheng sounded a little uncomfortable, "Why? Isn't hang out with a prostitute a stingy family?"

"Will I say it wrong?" Zheng Lingyi, who noticed his mistake in the tongue, held Tang Cheng's hand, but he didn't stop saying what he should say, "I'm not referring to this one, but you have to let go of it. Not to mention Chen Zi'ang, who was "a thousand gold medal in the qin" in the previous dynasty, now the most famous of the four Sisili in Wuzhong, Zhang Xudian and He Zhizhang Kuang, but the more crazy they are, the more famous they are, you should also see from them what the literati of Chang'an admires look like."

Although Tang Cheng did not want to agree, he had to admit that what Zheng Lingyi said was indeed correct. The Hu Feng in the Tang Dynasty was very prosperous and the social atmosphere was open. In addition, the current national trend was on the eve of the first prosperity to the most prosperous. It was a few times together that made people of the times, especially the literati. In this era, the Tang people did not have the humble and cautious consciousness of later generations of literati, and every talent had to be fully displayed in front of others. This personality was manifested in daily life, which was unrestrained and unrestrained.

And often the more flamboyant and wild he is more popular and loved by people of the times. For example, the bold Li Bai was praised by people of the time as one of the three masters of Chang'an during the Kaiyuan period. On the contrary, the later generations praised him with a calm personality and a cautious manner and abide by etiquette were not popular in this era. The typical representative is Du Fu, who claimed to be a family of "confucian officials".

Later poets were regarded as second-rate poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty when he lived. This was not only related to his poetry style, but also to his daily interactions. He valued etiquette by worshipping Confucianism, and his personality was depressed. Therefore, people at that time were not interested in him. Since then, not only did no one help promote his poems, but few people were willing to quote them in their careers.

He was the saint of poetry in the same era, and Li Bai had a friendship all over the world. Poor poets of a generation fell to Chang'an and did not get a single official for ten years. In the end, he wanted to "drag the rich in the morning and chase the fat horses in the evening" to make a living by fighting the autumn wind.

Character determines destiny, not to say that Du Fu has a bad personality. If his personality and words and deeds were placed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, he would definitely be the object of praise from the Shilin. Unfortunately, he was born in the Tang Dynasty and lived in the prosperous Tang Dynasty most of his life. Since this, his personality has been inconsistent with the style of the times, especially the extremely open style of the Chang'an Shilin. Character determines destiny. Du Fu's unsuccessful life has not had anything to do with this.

Tang Cheng understood that Zheng Lingyi's meaning should be here. In short, in this era, at least in the literary world where poetry is the mainstream, especially the Chang'an literary world, which advocates the outspoken personality, and low-key is not popular. The Chang'an literary world's evaluation of someone directly determines whether the person can be ranked on the list.

"Well, I understand your meaning." If you understand this, you will succeed. Tang Cheng didn't say more in depth. After all, he is not in that environment now. He immediately changed the topic: "What's the news about the local people sent by the two royal palaces recently?"

"Zhang Liang from the Anguo Prime Minister's Mansion and Xue Dong from the Zhenguo Princess Mansion all came to visit him with the famous sect, but I asked me to beat him up and deal with it." Zheng Lingyi raised her eyebrows, "When you left last time, you said that these two people would hand you over to deal with it."

"You did a good job." The big fish finally showed up, and Tang Cheng felt excited. He had been waiting for so many days, just for this, "the time for tung fruit to ripen is getting closer and closer, so they can't bear it anymore."

"It's not because of this. The key is that Wu Sansi fought with the prince too ruthlessly some time ago, and neither side was willing to rashly get involved."

"Yes. It makes sense." Tang Cheng laughed and praised Zheng Lingyi, and asked a question he was most concerned about, "Who will be responsible for such matters like this?"

"The Prime Minister Anguo is a simple and calm person. He doesn't like to worry too much. Besides, this matter is not worthy of being on his face. The fifth son of the Prime Minister, Li Chengqi, disdained the business of merchants. Most of the other sons love music. His temperament is very close to the Prime Minister. To be honest, the most likely one is the most smart and capable third son Li Longji." Zheng Lingyi pondered for a moment and said in an extremely affirmative tone: "Yes, it's Li Longji. I remember that the person sent to Yangzhou by the Prime Minister's Mansion this time was Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang's brother Zhang Wei was Li Sanlang's confidant."

"It's Li Sanlang. It's really God helping me." Tang Cheng picked up Zheng Lingyi and then turned around several times, "Everything is ready, it's time for the Maritime Mansion Bureau to express his attitude."

Wu Yujun's life was not as comfortable as he imagined. Seeing that Tang Cheng had arrived, this guy rushed out of the house from afar, "Acheng, you're back."

"Your life is very comfortable." Tang Chengjie never avoided Wu Yujun's hand. He simply let him put it on his shoulder, "Why is it still like this fire on the wall?"

"It's better? Grandson is better!" Wu Yujun said viciously, trembling with the fat on his face.

After listening to the details, Tang Chengcai realized that his sadness was actually Zheng Lingyi. Some time ago, the traffic was not explained clearly, but Wu Yujun's vague words were related to the Maritime Mansion Department, especially the Maritime Mansion Mansion, and he was able to speak in this tung oil business.

It is precisely because of this reason that Wu Yujun became the partner of friends among all parties. Otherwise, based on his original identity, in Yangzhou today, there is no difference from an ant. Who would pay attention to him, let alone make friends with him deliberately?

At the beginning, his life was indeed moist, but as the time for picking tung fruits got closer, the merchants who deliberately made friends with him became anxious. Well, you said that you have a good relationship with the Maritime Manufacturer. Now it’s time, it’s time to say the correct words.

Wu Yujun really wanted to speak, but how could he let it go, and what should he let it go? It was already agreed that this matter was made. After Tang Cheng came, the commander Zheng Lingyi would speak in person. Wu Yujun did not dare to violate this early agreement, and without Zheng Lingyi's cooperation, he would speak in private. He was afraid that no one would believe it if he was a little bitchy.

Just for this, Wu Yujun, who waited for Tang Cheng on the left and did not come, and Wu Yujun, who was waiting for Tang Cheng on the right, could not withstand the pressure to find Zheng Lingyi. In the end, even the people from Zheng Lingyi had never seen him. "Acheng, that woman is too cruel. It would be fine if she didn't see those maritime merchants. Why don't she see those maritime merchants? I'm the same as those maritime merchants? We're also swimming with her at night." Wu Yujun could clearly feel the depressedness between eight feet apart.

This one didn't hold the accurate letter, and the other one was urged by someone. Wu Yujun's life was so miserable. In the end, he almost became a liar in the eyes of everyone, especially those Xiaotong oil merchants who had never seen Tang Cheng, who wanted to point at his nose and curse.

"I've lived a better life after Zhou Lirong was captured by the Yangzhou government office. Those dogs had no other way and could only come to me to take care of it. The banquet..." Wu Yujun immediately exploded when he heard Tang Cheng mention this, "Is the banquet good? They are all asking for news. I have a ball news! I've heard that the turtle sons from Shannan West Road have spoken. If this tung oil business is not profitable this year, they will have to sink me into the Yangzhou canal, which is worth the expense of asking me to visit the Happy House before. Tang Cheng, listen, these grandchildren are too fucking hard, and even the dog ball dick accounts have to be calculated."

"These grandsons are unrighteous, there are those who do business there." Tang Cheng firmly followed Wu Yujun to attack the tung oil merchant in Shannan West Road. He patted his shoulder heavily and said, "Don't worry, the time to vent his anger will be here soon. I promise that before the lights tonight, these grandsons will have to rush to hold your feet."

"Did your mistress agree to speak?", excited, Wu Yujun, who spoke without saying anything, almost cried.

"What a mischievous person! You're so unprotective. I'll just say that I'll talk today."

"I still say it's not a mistress. Can he listen to you like this? My God..." Wu Yujun, who finally got the news, was so excited that the room was wandering around, "I've come forward, I finally got it! Hell, if he didn't make the ghost sons in Shannan West Road all want to die, they wouldn't know that Grandpa Wu is a hedgehog - he can't touch it!"

"Okay, please take a break. The Maritime Bureau will make a statement in the morning and the news will spread in the afternoon. At that time, if you are busy, you have to vent your anger and have to nourish your energy first."

When Wu Yujun, who was excited, walked to the door, suddenly stopped and turned around, "Acheng, brother, I have to remind you, that Zheng Ya... I am a spider, very poisonous!"

"Just because she didn't see you?"

"It's for this." Wu Yujun turned back while speaking, "About nearly a month ago, the Maritime Warehouse suddenly mobilized the navy to suppress seven sea ships sent from Silla and Fusang in one fell swoop. They said that these sea ships were unloaded by the Maritime Warehouse without reporting to the Maritime Warehouse and unloading the goods themselves without tax relief. They were private sales. More than 500 people on the seven sea ships were tied up in ropes by Zheng Lingyi and led them to Hudou Island." At this point, Wu Yujun's fat flesh on his face was slapped. He didn't say anything, but just gestured with his hands and made a slashing move.

"All killed?"

"I've killed them all! Even the chef on the boat was not left." Wu Yujun looked at Tang Cheng and continued: "Because I heard that the seven sea boats were equipped with the remaining tung oil accumulated over the years of Silla and Fusang. I also went to Hu Douzhou to see it with the others. There are more than 500 people. Who do you know the first one to slash people with a knife?"

"Zheng Lingyi?".

"It's her. In addition to these more than 500 people that day, there was also an official from the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office who was venting information on the ground. The first person to be chopped was this unlucky guy. Tsk tsk, who would have thought that Zheng Lingyi would do it himself? With one knife, the blood was squirting out, and her whole clothes were almost covered in full. She looked like a bloody man. Even a strong man like me was dizzy when he saw it, but the little girl didn't move. Her hand was too small and she didn't cut the man to death. She slashed two more times. My dear mother! Acheng, you don't know that the tung oil merchants and maritime merchants present at that time could keep the few people on their faces without changing color!"

"Of course this is a good thing. She showed her skills so that our business is easy to do," Wu Yujun patted Tang Cheng on the shoulder, "But I still have to remind you to be careful. A man who is an official is terrible enough. Not to mention a woman who is an official, she came out of the palace and was trained by Shangguan Zhaorong for so many years. Such a woman... In short, A Cheng, please be careful."

No one knew what Tang Cheng was thinking about this matter. After Wu Yujun left, he fell asleep all night and lay down.

I slept until noon before getting up. While the two were having dinner, I suddenly heard a mess outside the door, and many footsteps were walking towards me in a hurry.

After Tang Cheng and Wu Yujun looked at each other, they said in unison: "Here you come."

"What is showing off is your name. These people have given you all. The most important thing is to find out the oil prices hidden in their hearts, so as to compare with ours." Tang Cheng finished the rice in the bowl with a few mouthfuls, and stood up and said, "If you see Xue Dong and Zhang Liang's famous thorns, let Changsui send them to me."

When he got Zhang Liang's famous thorn, it was almost dusk when the sun set. Tang Cheng dusted the famous thorn in his hand. Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "The patience of two hours is neither long nor short, but it is a bit obvious."

He is worthy of being the person who came out to be responsible for the affairs of the Prime Minister An Guogong's mansion. Zhang Liang probably thought that the inn was too noisy, so he moved out to rent an elegant house in a separate courtyard. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the house he rented was very close to the mansion of Durahe, the head of Hu Shang.

He gently knocked on the door, and came out to answer the door. After looking Tang Cheng up and down, the servant, who was dressed in very bright clothes, said lazyly, "My master has something urgent today, and he will not see guests."

After following his gaze, Tang Cheng understood the reason for the arrogant servants.
Chapter completed!