Although the turban does not have the direct control of force as military generals do, the turban has the right to speak and can easily mobilize the emotions of the people and instigate the people to do things that are beneficial to the turban.
In addition, in the Ming Dynasty, the turban has always had the upper hand in the court, always suppressing Wu Xun. Even though the Ming Dynasty has lost several northern provinces and the capital, Wu Xun still lacks confidence in the face of the turban.
"There is one more thing!" Wei Guogong turned to look at Funing Hou and said,
"When the tiger-character flag envoy team entered the city, was it made difficult by one of the guards guarding the city gate?" After hearing this, Marquis Funing raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there such a thing? I'll ask later and see if it's true. What kind of blind thing dares to mess around with the envoy team?"
"I heard that the general's surname is Zhu. Go back and ask him carefully." Wei Guogong reminded him. He believed that he had warned that people would definitely be found by Funing Hou. As for how the final solution would be solved, he had no intention of interfering. A small boss, even if he had some connection with Funing Hou's mansion, would not So close, even the Funing Marquis in front of him may not have heard of such a boss.
"I understand." Hou Ning's face turned black. Listen and listen. Since Wei Guogong mentioned the general named Zhu, he naturally would not mention a surname without reason. A general could not catch the eyes of people with titles like them.
Since the surname Zhu is specifically mentioned, there is a high probability that he is involved with the people from Funinghou Mansion. In my heart, I was angry that such an eye-opening thing had appeared in the Funinghou Mansion, and I was determined to deal with him severely when I find him when I go back.
Hong Chengchou, who moved into the courtyard, asked his guards to buy meat and vegetables from outside and start the fire himself. Although you can directly ask the inn and restaurant to deliver the prepared meals directly, it will cost you some more money at most. After the Tiger Flag swept away the northern provinces, the most indispensable thing is money.
Silver is different from grain. Money still exists after it is spent, but grain is eaten after it is eaten. Even the Manchus in Liaodong had a lot of gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and antiques and other property, but they still didn't have enough food.
After taking back the money and cooking meat and vegetables, Hong Chengchou was worried that someone would harm them while eating. The Ming Dynasty's displeasure with the Tiger-Character Flag was already very obvious, and Fan Wencheng, an envoy of the Qing Dynasty, was in Nanjing, so he had to be on guard, and he himself was afraid of death.
"Sir, we have everything you asked for. Do you want to pay the bill?" Wang San, the boy, nervously rubbed his hands back and forth on his pants several times.
Yang Jiachen took out a pile of silver coins and handed them to the other party.
"Silver dollars!" Wang San, the clerk, frowned. Seeing this, Yang Jiachen said: "Aren't you going to accept silver coins? I see there are people in the city using silver coins."
"To be honest with you, this gentleman, silver coins are indeed useful, but the government prohibits their use, and people use them secretly. You took out so much silver at once, and it's hard for me to do business when I go back!" Wang San, the clerk He rubbed his hands and wanted to take the silver dollar, but hesitated.
Yang Jiachen frowned and said, "I only have silver dollars here. If you don't accept them, I'm afraid I won't be able to give you the money."
"This!" Guy Wang San hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively,
"How about you add more?" Yang Jiachen's face sank when he heard this, and he said: "What? Do you want to raise the price?"
"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Waiter Wang San waved his hands repeatedly and said,
"I don't mean that. It's just that you took so many silver coins at once. If I accept it, it will cause trouble to our shopkeeper. If I give you more, I can explain to the shopkeeper when I go back." Yang Jiachen said with a smile. do not like.
In his opinion, the other party was blatantly blackmailing.
"Promise him to give him more silver dollars." Hong Chengchou came to him at some point. Yang Jiachen had no choice but to take out a few more silver coins and fill them in.
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." Wang San, the clerk, took the silver dollar, bowed gratefully, then put away the silver dollar and called the other clerks to leave.
As soon as the people left, Yang Jiachen said with a dissatisfied look on his face: "They are deliberately raising the price. They really took us as the culprits." He was very unhappy when he was overcharged with several silver dollars.
"It's already great if we can find someone willing to sell us something. After searching several companies, only this one is willing to sell." Hong Chengchou said calmly.
As long as the food problem of their team is ensured, in his opinion, it is worth spending more money.
Yang Jiachen said: "I don't care about those few silver coins, but I feel uncomfortable being ripped off like this."
"Okay, don't worry about the little things. The peace talks are the most important. As long as the peace talks are completed, I believe that no matter how much money is spent, the lord will not refuse." Hong Chengchou reminded the other party.
Yang Jiachen was not stupid either. He naturally understood this and said, "I understand, but I just don't feel comfortable. Who asked us to be on someone else's territory." He sighed and then said,
"I'll go get someone to cook."
"After the meal is ready, remember to catch a few mice to try it before eating." Hong Chengchou reminded.
"I know." Yang Jiachen replied, and then walked towards the kitchen. On the other side, Zhou Shaoqing returned to Honglu Temple and never asked about the tiger-character flag envoy team. He seemed to have even forgotten about asking the director of the post house to retrieve the people.
After handing in the mission, he went straight back to his pledge room, exhausted the low-duty envoys, and returned home with his colleagues from Honglu Temple.
The sky gradually darkened, and the stars gradually climbed into the night sky. Fan Wencheng was sitting in the room with a cup of hot tea and two kinds of preserved fruits in front of him. He was holding a book in his hand and flipping through the pages with his fingers by candlelight.
"Mr. Fan, everything has been arranged, when will we start?" A strong man from the Qing envoy team came to Fan Wencheng's room.
There was a thin little tail hanging from the opponent's bare head, and the second half of the tail was slightly upward, giving people an inexplicable sense of joy.
"What time is it?" Fan Wencheng asked while flipping through the book, his eyes never leaving the pages in front of him.
"It's already Haishi, and it will be Zishi in more than half a quarter of an hour." The other party said.
"Call me again at midnight." Fan Wencheng confessed.
"Hey!" The other party retreated from the room. Fan Wencheng stretched out two fingers to pick up a piece of preserved fruit from the plate on the table and threw it into his mouth. While chewing, he muttered: "Why did you come to Nanjing because you said you had nothing to do? If you lose your life, you can only blame your bad luck." Preserved fruit Chew it back and forth in his mouth a few times and swallow it.
Although the envoy team of the Tiger Character Banner arrived in Nanjing City on the first day, the news of the envoy team's arrival had already spread out. While the envoy team was still in Xuzhou, it was already known to some interested people.
