Heaven and Earth had not yet opened for business. Sun Houpu got the news from somewhere, and gave Zheng Ruoying many exquisite utensils and furniture in a very stupid way. What about Jianzhou’s tea cup and Haihuang Bogu rack, Longshan’s white porcelain, Tongling’s copper incense burner, Yangzhou’s red lacquerware, the calligraphy of Qiao Wu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Gu Hongzhong’s night banquet picture, and, yes, their own tea leaves . If the tea leaves were not used for trading, the imperial court would have nothing to do with growing them and drinking them.
Liang Chuan originally thought that Zheng Ruoying had a clear temperament of love and hate, and Sun Houpu had been included in her blacklist. These things were either smashed or set on fire, and she would never use the Sun family's things again.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Ruoying completely changed her temper. She accepted all the gifts and purchases according to the order. Not only did she accept them, she also warmly entertained Sun Houpu, invited him to sit at home, and made a pot of good tea for the two of them. Sitting face to face, Sun Houpu was flattered and extremely restrained, as if he didn't know Zheng Ruoying.
This is probably what it means to say that a woman's heart feels like a needle.
When a woman has a place for you in her heart, she will be arrogant and willful, make all kinds of unreasonable demands on you, and vent her temper on you without reservation. But as long as the door of my heart is closed, I will be a stranger when I meet you after a long journey. I will meet you but it will be just a casual acquaintance. I will keep a distance from you if I am polite to you, and I will never return to the familiar place. That feeling.
Sun Houpu also felt this change, and his heart suddenly became cold. However, after experiencing what happened to Liang Chuan, he suddenly felt relieved. What he did was just to make up for Zheng Ruoying.
With the furniture and various appliances sent by Sun Houpu, the heaven and earth feel more like a club than the one designed by Liang Chuan. Calligraphy, painting and antiques decorate this women's club. The class has obviously gone up a few steps. It is no longer a rural and rural style. The store has the elegance of a scholar, the charm of a brothel and an embroidered pavilion, and the romantic charm of a man. Women also like to behave like scholars. Men and women are the same. They like whatever is popular.
Liang Chuan asked Su Wei to write the plaque for the door to heaven and earth. The four big characters were written vigorously, powerfully, simple and dignified, with three points of restraint and seven points of lack of sharpness. As expected, the characters are much better than those two girls, Shen Yuzhen and Zheng Ruoying. The professional players who rely on this to make a living are indeed better than these amateurs who can't even be considered as amateurs.
Lu Liang was responsible for helping Liang Chuan punch out the wooden plaque, and then got Fang Tianding's brass plate. The four words "Heaven and Earth" looked shining and magnificent, and they were wrapped with two big red brocade balls and covered with a piece of red. Bu, holding an opening ceremony should attract a lot of attention.
Lu Liang also followed Liang Chuan's instructions and made a small wooden sign with four words on it: "Men are not allowed to enter!". Seeing that he himself was stunned for a moment, there is such a shop in the world that does not do business for men, and women do not leave the door without leaving the door. Is it only for women? Can you still make money from this?
Both signs were covered with red cloth, which was removed only after opening. Liang Chuan and Zhaodi put up a shelf to hang up the sign and plaque. As soon as it was hung up, Yelu Chongguang came to the door.
It was broad daylight, and there were many people on the street. Yelu Chongguang came to him so openly. Liang Chuan felt that their awareness of confidentiality was still too poor. Yelu Chongguang himself said that there were not only spies from the Liao Kingdom in this city, but a mixed crowd. There are other messy people, with many eyes hiding in the dark and staring. In the future, I have to formulate a confidentiality policy, and then improve some communication processes. Otherwise, if someone discovers that Yelu Zhongguang and the others have defected to the enemy one day, this matter will become a big deal, and bloodshed will definitely follow. Come.
Yelv Chongguang was a little excited.
Since these Khitan people followed Liang Chuan, they made the first contribution in the battle of Fengzhou, but it is not a great achievement, because the clues were provided by Liang Chuan himself, and later they benefited from Liang Chuan's great fortune, and Liang Chuan received tens of thousands of money. Without batting an eye, he distributed it to more than thirty people.
In the past, only their flesh and blood were squeezed by their colleagues, and they were miserable for half their lives but could not find relief. Everyone was struggling in pain that was worse than death. It was not until they met Liang Chuan that they had a sense of existence that was valued by others. They always want to find opportunities to perform again, and only by making meritorious deeds can they prove the value of their existence!
Liang Chuan glanced at him and said, "What good news is there again? Look at how happy you are."
Yelv Chongguang said mysteriously: "Just follow me and you will find out."
Yelv Chongguang actually had a carriage. The horses are not particularly tall. The horses in the south are very short and wear a pair of chariot reins.
"Is this your car?" Liang Chuan looked a little surprised. This carriage is not cheap. This guy has a rough life, so why would he buy such a high-end product? It's like a pauper buying a high-end car. Same.
Yelu Zhongguang said: "I have to do something. After thinking about it, I will just become a coachman. I will run errands for these wealthy families and get some information on the way."
Liang Chuan said: "Is this what you want to show me?"
Yelu Zhongguang invited Liang Chuan into the carriage and said, "Of course not, I will take you to a place."
The carriage drove towards West Street, the clatter of wheels and the sound of horse hooves over the stone pavement, and it rushed towards the port. When the carriage stopped again, what came into view were rows of somewhat dilapidated houses, neatly arranged, with wooden boards installed outside the houses. They looked a bit like storefronts, but not half of them were open. Qingyuan Wharf There are lively scenes everywhere, but this place is desolate.
Liang Chuan asked in confusion: "How come the port is still such a deserted place?"
Yelv Chongguang said: "These are charity warehouses built by the government. Every year when sea ships enter the port, there are too many cargos, and the cargo of many sea ships cannot be cleared in time. However, there are many cargo ships queuing up, so the government pays to repair these warehouses to allow sea ships to The ship carries cargo for free.”
"Why does it look a little dilapidated, as if no one is managing the repairs?"
Yelv Zhongguang said: "The warehouses here have hundreds of buildings. The government exempts rent every year, so the people don't cherish them very much. They use them more casually, and they are much worn out in a few years. The cost of repairs is weighing on the government." The Shangguan government is also very helpless."
Liang Chuan looked at the scale. This row of warehouses was comparable to that of West Street. If each ridge was built with fifty guan each year, it would be a huge sum of money.
"Later, the government wanted to add these fees to those who rented the warehouse, and the results were predictable."
Liang Chuan smiled and said: "Those who don't want money don't use it for free, but those who want money don't want to. They would rather unload the goods slowly than pay a little extra money. Anyway, the port terminal is blocked to the sky. It’s none of my business.”
Liang Chuan looked at this large warehouse thoughtfully. Yelu Zhongguang led Liang Chuan into a remote warehouse. There are two young men from Yelu Chongguang guarding the door. There are no people near or far. It is a good place for 'killing people and stealing goods'.
Yelu Shengguang handed Liang Chuan a mask. Liang Chuan understood it and put it on his head, and then the two of them walked in together.
The warehouse was immediately closed again, and there was only one weak candle in the entire warehouse. The wax flame illuminated a middle-aged man who was hung in mid-air and covered in blood. Blood and saliva dripped on the ground, and he kept uh-uh-uh. He moaned in a low voice, intermittently, and every time the Khitan boy next to him moved, he would give him a whip.
Seeing this bloody scene, Liang Chuan realized how merciful his method of torturing Yeluhan was. They were professionals, and they had no scruples in doing anything. They would do it if they caught him, and they would have to peel off his skin even if he didn't die.
Yelu Zhongguang asked the younger brother who was interrogating him: "Have you given an explanation?"
The younger brother licked his tongue and nodded excitedly.
Yelu Zhongguang waved his hand with satisfaction, indicating to his younger brother that he could leave first, then walked to the hanging man, pulled up his hair, and yelled: "Where did it come from?"
The man took a half-breath and spat blood and said, "Xing... Qing Mansion."
Liang Chuan didn't know much about the words Xingqing Prefecture, but he vaguely felt that he had heard the name of this state capital somewhere.
Seeing that Liang Chuan didn't take it seriously, Yelu Zhongguang smiled and said to Liang Chuan, "This is a Dangxiang person."
Xingqing Mansion, Dangxiang people! It is the capital of Xixia! In ancient times, Yinchuan was called Xingqing Mansion. Legend has it that it was a fertile land full of silver. It was later stolen by the Li family. In modern times, it is a key area for poverty alleviation, but in ancient times, it was a fertile land known as the fortress of Jiangnan, where soldiers and horses were strong.
The Jiuqu Yellow River flows gracefully through this place, which not only provides water and land for food irrigation, but also rich grassland, and is also suitable for building a horse farm for large cavalry teams. After the fall of this place, the Song Dynasty lost the last piece of land for raising war horses. Since then, it has only The nomads who can use two legs to fight against the four-legged horses have natural fighting capabilities.
Liang Chuan pulled Yelu Zhongguang aside and asked in a low voice, "Can you really find this?"
Yelu Zhongguang said: "Of course they can be found. You don't know, my boss, that we spies who break into the enemy's country also have a careful circle, and everyone knows it tacitly."
This is the first time Liang Chuan heard that there is such a circle. Isn't it a life-and-death confrontation like the underground spy war between gods and gods? From Yelu Chongguang's tone, they seem to be getting along quite well as spies.
"tell me the story."
"To put it bluntly, we people look glamorous but are actually extremely cruel. Our lives are worse than those of common people. Our fate is cursed. We can only live for others and work hard for ourselves. We are asked to collect all kinds of information from above. But there is only business here in Qingyuan. Besides business, everyone is busy making money to fill their stomachs. There is no such thing as politics and military. We collect nonsense intelligence. In order to communicate, we finally embarked on the same road, which is to exchange intelligence. !”
Yelu Zhongguang was a little bit sad, but more helpless. Strictly speaking, this kind of behavior was considered treason, but there was no other way, they also needed to survive.
Liang Chuan finally understood why they were able to find Xixia in just a few days. They had already known each other before they even counted Xixia's spies. No wonder you have to cover your face. Many of the spies from the enemy country had some friendship in the past. When life became difficult, they all kept secrets about which royal family and how that family's army was deployed. Let's share some insignificant information with each other. Please help. I and I will help you declare our feelings to each other. Now that you are on your own, you can't be cruel to these former comrades without covering up.
