He had sent people to follow Changsun Chong for some time, judging from the news sent back by Zhang Wenyuan.
Changsun Chong appears to be a humble gentleman, but secretly he is an out-and-out villain.
And he is also a very smart and cautious little man.
The reason why he made this judgment was that according to the news he received, since the beginning of the year, no fewer than three good women had been persecuted by Changsun Chong. Mrs. Pan of Pingkangfang was relatively lucky.
Because of the other two girls from good families, not only were the men secretly tortured to death by Zhang Sun Chong, but after the two good families were abused enough by Chang Sun Chong, they were both poisoned and mute by him and sold into the lowest brothel in Pingkangfang.
It is conceivable that if Qin Ming had not taken revenge a few days ago.
I think after some time, Mrs. Pan's wife will definitely follow in the footsteps of those two good families.
Changsun Chong did all these things in an extremely concealed manner. If Qin Ming hadn't sent out the elites of He's generation in the house to keep a lookout for twelve hours, he wouldn't have been able to discover this matter!
So after he learned that Changsun Chong would become Li Chengqian's official, he couldn't help but be worried.
After all, he could see from Li Chengqian's excited expression just now that Li Chengqian was still very close to and trusted his cousin Changsun Chong.
If the eldest Sun Chong in history also became Li Chengqian's East Palace official, then Qin Ming would understand why Li Chengqian, who he regarded as gentle, humble and filial to his parents, later rebelled!
Those who are close to vermilion are red, those who are close to ink are black!
What did Li Er think? Others don’t know, are the rumors from the past few days true or false?
You, Li Er, still don’t know?
Let a guy like Changsun Chong be an official for your son, you can't think of it!
Is there a father who cheats his son like you?
If my mother were Li Chengqian, I would rebel too!
Thinking of this, Qin Ming returned to his seat.
Changsun Wuji waited for Qin Ming to sit down and asked with a smile:
"By the way, my dear nephew, I wonder if Zhenren Sun is in the house now? I want to say thank you to him in person."
Qin Ming shook his head and said:
"Unfortunately, Master Sun took a few students to the Xuandu Temple in Chang'an City yesterday for a free clinic. I'm afraid it will take some time before he can come back."
Changsun Wuji showed a regretful expression when he heard this and sighed:
"Hey, if I had known that the real person went to Xuandu Temple, I should have gone to visit earlier."
"By the way, I came here to prepare some small gifts for my nephew. I thought that by the time I came here, my servant had already moved into the house. I hope my nephew wouldn't dislike it."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
"Let the eldest grandson Shangshu spend money."
Changsun Wuji smiled and picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He seemed to remember something and asked Qin Ming:
"Hey, by the way, nephew, I suddenly remembered something, and I just took this opportunity to discuss it with my nephew."
Qin Ming stretched out his palm to signal.
"Changsun Shangshu, please tell me."
Changsun Wuji stroked his long beard, thought for a while and said:
"I want to contract two cement roads."
When Qin Ming, who was drinking tea, heard this, the corners of his mouth hidden under the wide sleeves of his robe were slightly raised. He put down the tea cup and asked pretending to be curious:
"I wonder which two cement roads the Minister wants to contract?"
"One is from Chunmingmen to Weinan County, and the other is from Jinguangmen to Liquan County."
When Qin Ming heard this, he cursed the old fox in his heart.
These two are both important transportation roads in Chang'an. One connects Chang'an to Luoyang. Many caravans coming from Yangzhou and Shandong must pass through this road to Chang'an City.
The other is the main road from Chang'an to the Western Regions. Most of the merchants from the Western Regions arrive at Chang'an City via Liquan.
Not to mention leaving the city, these two roads can be said to be the only way for caravans heading to the Western Regions and Luoyang.
As long as one of the aristocratic families in Chang'an City can occupy one of them, they will basically not have to worry about the family's financial resources for the next thirty years.
Not to mention Changsun Wuji, even Qin Ming was greedy for these two roads.
When Changsun Wuji saw Qin Ming not replying for a long time, he raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Have these two items been contracted by someone else?"
When Li Tai heard this, he jumped out to create a sense of presence.
"Uncle, you don't know something. A few days ago, many ministers from the DPRK and the wealthy businessmen from Chang'an City came to the Qin Mansion to pay homage to Brother Ming. They all seemed to have an agreement and wanted to contract these two cement roads. .”
Changsun Wuji cursed in his heart when he heard this, you bastard.
Since he had been investigating the man behind the scenes these days, Changsun Wuji took a special leave and did not go to court.
Therefore, he knew nothing about the imperial censor's impeachment of Qin Ming, the director of the Road and Bridge Department, for not performing his duties as the director of the Department of Roads and Bridges a few days ago.
After coming out of the palace yesterday, he went to Menxia Province to ask Wang Gui, the minister in charge, whether there were any ministers or families in the court who wanted to contract cement roads in the past few days.
At that time, Wang Gui patted his chest and promised that no one in the court would want to be taken advantage of in the past few days!
He also swore that all officials, big and small, openly and secretly mocked Qin Ming, a boy who didn't know the heights of the world.
He is said to be the biggest prodigal son since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!
His words were full of disdain and belittling!
He was secretly happy at that time, thinking that he could easily win the contracting rights for these two roads this time!
Who would have thought that the result would be like this!
Wang Gui, you mistook me!
Thinking of this, he asked worriedly:
"You mean those two roads have already been contracted out?"
Li Tai scratched his head when he heard this, and then looked at Qin Ming.
Qin Ming saw that everyone in the room was looking at him and couldn't help but sigh:
"The contracting rights for those two roads have not been awarded yet!"
"Because there are so many families who want to contract those two roads, I have no choice but to wait for a while after the Changlan cement road is completed and the Roads and Bridges Department can start working. A specific charter has come out.”
"Don't worry, Minister. As soon as the specific contract regulations come out, I will notify you as soon as possible."
Changsun Wuji was relieved after hearing this, as long as these two roads were not contracted by other companies, it would be fine.
In this way, he still has a chance.
"Okay, then I will be waiting for your news."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
I thought to myself, just wait, I will definitely give you a surprise when the time comes!
Changsun Wuji finished talking about business, drank another cup of tea, and was about to stand up and leave.
A mature woman wearing a plain white skirt, a bun, and a white veil suddenly walked into the front hall.
The person coming was Xiao Changxi, the housekeeper of Qin Mansion.
Xiao Changxi walked in and saluted Qin Ming and said:
"Sir, people from the Taiyuan Wang family, the Qinghe Cui family, and the Xingyang Zheng family are here."
Upon hearing this, Changsun Chong turned to look at the person who came, and then he immediately stood there stunned!
[How can there be such a beautiful woman in the world! 】
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