When the Hundred Flowers Club was coming to an end, it was already dusk, and Fang Jin was rushing back to his residence in Pingjiang Fucheng. He and Huang Jinmian walked out of the door, where the carriage provided by Zhou Jinpeng was parked outside.
Wang Diaoer came over with a smile, and the other party Jinshi whispered: "Young Master, the batch of rice from Champa has arrived."
Fang Jinshi kept walking and said flatly: "I'll find someone to take a look tomorrow."
Wang Diao'er quickly agreed and stepped aside. Fang Jinshi got on the carriage. Just as he was about to get into the carriage, he seemed to remember something and turned back to Wang Diao'er: "Prince Lord Bo, please help me with something."
Wang Diao'er immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Wang is willing to serve the young master."
Fang Jinshi smiled and said: "It's not that difficult. Tomorrow I will find someone who knows how to inspect the 7,000 gu of Champa rice. You can help me find some honest farmers in Pingjiang Prefecture and let them treat the rice as Seeds, give them out on credit.”
Wang Diao'er said: "This is easy, but I don't know how much profit the young master wants?"
Fang Jinshi said: "It's not easy for those who farm in the countryside, so we don't need any profit. Just give them credit and pay back the next year's harvest. If you are unlucky and encounter a natural disaster, we will postpone it for another year."
Wang Diaoer said in astonishment: "No benefit?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Your Majesty, just make a name for me."
Wang Diaoer smiled and said: "Wang knows what he will do. Don't worry, young master, I will do it for you."
Fang Jinshi said, "Thank you for your work." Without further words, he got into the carriage and the coachman drove off. Huang Jinmian watched him sit down and said, "You have to be on guard against this king's cheating. He gets benefits and harms the people. I’ve trapped you into injustice again.”
Fang Jinshi said: "I can do this myself. There are actually many treacherous people in the government. But if you want to get things done, you must cooperate with such people. If you don't like others, just keep a straight face and teach others a lesson. What? It can’t be done either.”
Huang Jinmian smiled and said: "In the last sentence, are you talking about me?"
Fang Jinshi turned around and said, "What do you think? I've made you scold me a lot before."
Huang Jinmian stood up with a smile, sat on his lap, put her arms around his neck and said, "Are you so vindictive?"
Fang Jinshi hugged her tightly in front of him and said with a smile: "A true man, of course he must avenge himself..." While smiling, he slipped his right hand into her lapel, and with great force, pressed it on her through the satin bellyband. She grabbed a handful on the chest, and Huang Jinmian was in pain and hurriedly knocked his hand off, cursing: "I'm going to die!" However, she quickly fell on him and hit him several times on the back with her fists.
Fang Jinshi hugged her and said, "Last time your sister came to tell me that she was very worried about your knife and mouth. You were too strong. She was afraid that I wouldn't be able to surrender to you, and you were still worried about me."
Huang Jinmian pretended to have a serious face and said seriously: "Then have you surrendered to me now?"
Fang Jinshi said: "If I don't surrender to you, will you listen to me and be so dissolute?"
Huang Jinmian hurriedly punched him a few times and said, "I'll let you talk nonsense, I'll let you talk nonsense..." Fang Jinshi laughed and hugged her over for a few kisses, feeling extremely proud.
After noon the next day, Fang Jinshi went around the store in Jinxianzhuang. The business was indeed much better than before. This was what he expected. The golden cotton made a dazzling appearance at yesterday's Hundred Flowers Fair. This is the best advertisement for Mianxianzhuang. Fang Jinshi knows very well that only doing business with silk and satin materials actually has limited profits. Only the so-called standards such as the style, cutting, and matching of clothes are the ones that make money in the end.
He came out of the shop and went to Sihai Bank to drink a few cups of tea with Ji Changan. Ji Changan looked at the sky and said, "Didn't Mr. Meng Da treat you to dog meat today?"
Fang Jinshi said: "I have told the guys at Jinxianzhuang that if anyone comes to invite me, let them come find me here."
Ji Changan said: "What if Mr. Meng Da never lets anyone come?"
Fang Jinshi was stunned: "Since he invited me yesterday, why didn't he send someone?"
Ji Changan smiled and said nothing, then Fang Jinshi asked: "Where is this Osmanthus Alley?"
Ji Chang'an said: "Not far ahead, Cai Meng is doing things that you must not guess based on common sense. He is not easy to deal with. When talking to him, you'd better think clearly before speaking out."
Fang Jinshi knew that Ji Changan had good intentions, so he nodded and stood up and said, "Find a guy who knows the way to take me there."
Ji Changan went to the window and called a waiter over. Fang Jinshi followed the waiter out of Sihai Bank, walked around two streets, and stopped in front of a small alley.
There is a small narrow gate in this alley, and the courtyard wall is not high. The green bricks on the wall look old, the whitewash is peeling off, and the crowns of several large trees stick out from the courtyard wall.
The waiter went up and knocked on the door. The small door opened quickly. A boy poked his head out and said, "Is Mr. Fang here?"
Fang Jinshi stepped forward and said, "Exactly. Is Mr. Meng Da here?"
The young man said: "Mr. Meng Da is waiting in the courtyard. Young Master please come."
Fang Jinshi walked in. There were many flowers and plants planted in the small courtyard, and a winding path led to the distance. The boy who sent Fang Jinshi said hello and went back. Fang Jinshi followed the boy and walked back through the garden. Round gate, the scenery on the road is simple and elegant, and the walls are full of poems, calligraphy and paintings inscribed by literati and elegant guests. Mr. Meng Da is a very elegant person.
Walking through the lotus pond in the courtyard, I saw Cai Meng standing on a pavilion looking over. The pavilion he was standing on had to be climbed from the steps at the back. Fang Jinshi followed the young man around to the back of the pavilion, and saw only three people. A big man was digging a pit, wondering if he wanted to plant more trees.
When Cai Meng saw the young man leading Fang Jinshi up, instead of going forward to greet him, Cai Meng sat down in front of the low table. There was a small copper cauldron on top of the table, and the fire was blazing, and the water in it was already boiling hot. Under the boiling steam, all that was cooked was a dog leg.
Fang Jinshi saluted Cai Meng and said, "I have met Mr. Meng Da."
Cai Meng smiled calmly and said, "We are all brothers, and there are no outsiders here, so why should we be so polite?" He stretched out his hand and said, "Brother, please sit down."
Fang Jinshi sat down on the small stool opposite him. He looked around and said, "Mr. Meng Da is such an elegant person. This place is quiet and comfortable. It's really nice."
Cai Meng said calmly: "The high floor of the wine shop is for entertaining guests. Of course, this private residence can be used to entertain my brothers. I hope Brother Fang doesn't think this place is crude."
Fang Jinshi kept saying: "How could that be? This place is really nice." He looked around, wanting to enjoy the scenery again, and inadvertently squinting, in the lotus pond under the railing behind him, there was actually a person wearing green clothes. woman floating face down on the water.
Fang Jinshi was shocked and stood up quickly and said, "Someone has fallen into the water. Call someone to save him." He leaned on the railing and looked around, looking for someone or some tools or wooden poles to rescue him. Cai Meng walked behind him and held up his back. He patted her gently and said, "No need, she has been in the water for a long time and is already a dead body."
Fang Jinshi had also noticed that the woman in the water was not moving at all. Knowing that what Cai Meng said was true, he calmed down and said, "Even if she is already dead, we should fish her out first."
Mr. Meng Da said: "Don't worry, the servants will dig the pit and they will naturally salvage it and bury it."
Fang Jinshi glanced at the dead body in the water again, feeling a very depressed feeling in his heart. Mr. Meng Da said: "Brother, please sit back."
Fang Jinshi knew that it would be useless to say anything, so he sat back in his seat angrily, and then said to Cai Meng, "Mr. Meng Da, who is this woman?"
Cai Meng picked up the wine glass and took a sip before saying: "It's a concubine next to me. This morning she asked me for something she shouldn't have. I refused, so she jumped into the pool to find it in anger. Short-sighted.”
Fang Jinshi had no way of knowing whether what he said was true or false. He looked at the wine glass in front of him and said, "That's really a pity."
Cai Mengjiang's face was straightened and he said sternly: "What's a pity? I insist on asking for something I don't want to give. I am a greedy woman. Do you think it's a pity, brother?"
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and stared into Fang Jinshi's eyes, which made Fang Jinshi feel a little hairy and gave him an extremely uncomfortable feeling. Fang Jinshi lowered his head to avoid it, but quickly raised his head to meet his gaze and said: "Of course it's a pity. Maybe this woman feels that what she wants belongs to her by rights?"
Cai Meng looked into his eyes for a moment, then turned into a smile and said, "Brother, what you said is absolutely true. It's such a pity." He then laughed loudly and said, "I invite brothers here today to share the meal in the cauldron." Dog meat, don’t let such trivial things ruin your elegance and my spirit.”
Fang Jinshi knew that he had nothing to do with the dead woman's affairs at this time, so he sat still. Several big men went down to the edge of the pool, picked up the woman and carried her away. Fang Jinshi didn't know that this happened to him by chance. , or Cai Meng instigated people to do it deliberately to scare him, so he had to keep it in his heart for a while.
Fang Jinshi looked at the copper cauldron. The dog leg was being cooked until it gave off the aroma of meat. He glanced at the table in front of him, but no chopsticks were placed for him.
Cai Meng said to the boy beside him who brought Fang Jinshi in: "Bring the chopsticks." The boy turned around silently, went to the side and took the chopsticks and put them in front of Fang Jinshi. Fang Jinshi lowered his head and looked, and the boy only gave him one. Hold chopsticks.
Cai Mengdao: "It's already sixty minutes old now. Cai is older and has to wait a little longer. Brother Fang is young, so it's okay." He looked straight at Fang Jinshi and watched his reaction. He didn't Hui Hui couldn't see that the boy only brought Fang Jinshi one chopstick. Fang Jinshi felt that this was Cai Meng's deliberate arrangement.
Fang Jinshi reached out and picked up the chopsticks on the table, looked at Cai Meng and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Meng Da, but I'll be disrespectful." He was happy with the single chopstick and stabbed the dog meat hard, and the fire The copper cauldron on the table was not placed smoothly. Fang Jinshi used too much force and knocked the copper cauldron over on the table. The juice splashed everywhere and made a sizzling sound on the burning coals.
Some hot juice splashed onto Fang Jinshi's wrist. Although it was very painful, he didn't care. He stretched out his hand to hold the bone, took a big bite of a piece of meat, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and then laughed. Said: "It's delicious, it's really delicious."
There was only one dog leg in the copper cauldron, and there was nothing else after he took it. Cai Meng watched him chew and swallow, the flesh on his face jumped, he looked at the wine glass in his hand, and then poured the wine.
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