Fang Jinshi laughed and said, "I'm just a small businessman who hasn't read much. Magistrate Xiong sits in the main hall of Pingjiang Prefecture and is my parent official. How can I dare to compare?"
Xiong Che said calmly: "When doing business, you must abide by the law and be honest. You must not do anything wrong just because the tree behind you is tall and lush. No matter how tall the tree is, there are places where the branches and leaves cannot provide shade. Do you understand?"
" What he said couldn't be more clear. Of course Fang Jinshi knew in his heart that Governor Xiong was trying to beat him. Don't rely on the power of the Prince Consort's Palace and Prince Yun's Palace to be arrogant and high-profile. He, Xiong Che, would not accept this.
Fang Jinshi agreed graciously, Xiong Che drank a few sips of tea, said nothing more, sat for a while, and stood up to leave.
Cai An sent Xiong Che out, but he never said a kind word to Xiong Che on behalf of Fang Jinshi. When Fang Jinshi came back, he saw the ceremony again, and the guests and hosts were seated. Fang Jinshi asked Cai Ang carefully: "I have never met Magistrate Xiong before. How do you feel?" It seems that he has some prejudice against me, I wonder if Cai Biejia knows the reason?"
Cai Ang smiled and said, "I do have prejudices, but they may not be against you. Maybe they are against the big tree behind you."
Fang Jinshi said "Oh" and asked again: "I don't know which tree it is. I hope Cai Biejia can tell me clearly."
Cai Ang said: "When Magistrate Xiong was in Tokyo, he served as the head of the East Palace." He also didn't know. In the end, Magistrate Xiong was dissatisfied with that palace, but Fang Jinshi already knew that Magistrate Xiong was from the East Palace, and he was most likely interested in the prince. Zhao Kai, the king of Yun who was threatening the throne, was dissatisfied, and Fang Jinshi was faintly worried. This Xiong Che seemed to be just a fifth-grade prefect, but in fact he had a very strong backing. If this prefect Xiong came to Pingjiang Mansion to do business on behalf of King Yun, I am extremely unhappy with him, and his life will never be easy.
Fang Jinshi came here just to get acquainted with Cai Ang and establish a relationship so that he could take care of him in the future. He also brought some gifts, which Cai Ang accepted with a smile. Fang Jinshi laughed and chatted with Cai Ang for a while, then stood up and left.
This Cai Ang is sophisticated and proficient in officialdom. From Fang Jinshi's perspective, Cai Ang would not take the initiative to speak for him unless there was some benefit. From the beginning to the end, Cai Ang did not mention Cai You, Prime Minister Cai, and Zhang Bangchang. This person spoke There is too much white space, making it difficult to get close.
When he came out of the house, Shi Hao couldn't help but said: "I have accepted the gift and received the anger. It seems to be of no use."
Fang Jinshi said: "It's useless now, maybe it will be useful in the future. If you know more people, there will be more ways to go."
Shi Hao was noncommittal, and the two returned to Jinxianzhuang. People were coming and going on the street. At the corner of the house in Jinxianzhuang, a strong man sat lonely in the corner. It was Li Bao.
Fang Jinshi just ignored them and walked straight into the Jinxianzhuang store. When Li Bao saw the two of them coming back, he stood up from the ground, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked in slowly.
Fang Jinshi arrived at the accounting room at the back. Shopkeeper Hu saw him coming back and walked over and said, "Just now, a waiter from Matsushita Izakaya on the next street sent a letter, saying that he wants the young master to collect it personally."
After hearing this, Fang Jinshi knew that it might be Zhao Kai who had replied to the letter, so he asked the clerk to come in. The clerk came in and presented the letter. Fang Jinshi looked at the cover and knew that he had guessed well. It was indeed a letter from Zhao Kai. Ji Changan was right. Deliver it The letter to Zhao Kai was indeed very fast.
He opened the letter, and Zhao Kai replied with only a few words: Harmony is the most valuable, benefit is light, rice is measured in a bucket, and millet is packed in a bowl.
After reading it, Fang Jinshi handed the letter to Shi Hao and said, "It's as expected, but what do the last two sentences mean?"
Shi Hao said: "What King Yun means is to make peace the most important thing and do whatever you can with the money you have."
Fang Jinshi had long thought that Zhao Kai valued the friendship between the two houses too much and would not give him substantial support. Cai Meng recognized this and left him helpless.
Shi Hao read and reread the short letter and said, "Is this written by Prince Yun himself? It's really good calligraphy."
Fang Jinshi said: "Then you should keep this letter." He grabbed the pen on the desk and casually wrote the word "ºÍ". He threw the pen on the desk and looked at what he had written and said, "Okay. , peace is the most important thing, don¡¯t say I can¡¯t do things when the time comes.¡±
He balled up the paper and threw it away. When he turned around, he saw Li Bao standing at the door with his hands lowered. Fang Jinshi thought that Li Bao came back so quickly. Bao Zhu must have relayed what he said to Bao Zhu. It's just that Li Bao just made such a fuss for Fang Jinshi and immediately turned around to beg him. It was really shameless. If it weren't for the orb, he would not come back to Jinxian Village again even if he was beaten to death.
Fang Jinshi felt that he should give Li Bao some face, so he pretended that he had not seen Li Bao, loudly called for shopkeeper Hu to come in, and said to shopkeeper Hu: "In the future, we must set a rule that any clerk will not come to the store without saying hello, and he will be severely punished for his wages."
Shopkeeper Hu, take a look at Li Bao nearby.He immediately understood and approached Li Bao and cursed: "Did you hear that? If there is a next time, Jinxian Village will never tolerate you again."
Li Bao suddenly had a smile on his face, said yes repeatedly, bowed solemnly to Fang Jinshi, and turned around. Although he was fined some wages, it was the most important thing for him that he didn't have to go up to beg the young master. Good thing.
Fang Jinshi turned around and came back, Shi Hao said: "Since Brother Zhao has this intention, just use the Liao money to collect the tea."
Fang Jinshi said: "Then you go and put it away."
Shi Hao knew that what he said was sarcastic and angry, so he didn't dare to say anything. Fang Jinshi walked out of the door. When he got to the door, he turned around and said, "Tomorrow, you can go find that Prince of Persia and have a look."
He came out of Jinxianzhuang and returned home. After thinking for a while, he decided it would be better to ask Baozhu for clarification, so he came to where Baozhu lived.
When the girl saw him coming, she hurriedly went to the inner room to ask for the orb to come out.
Fang Jinshi looked at Baozhu. Although he was not dressed up as if he were a top performer outside, he looked and was in good spirits.
Baozhu walked over with a smile on her face and said, "Why are you here?" She immediately felt that she had made a mistake and continued: "I mean, why are you here so early."
Fang Jinshi said: "Li Bao has returned to my store."
Baozhu said: "II have met him and told him."
Fang Jinshi said: "He is willing to do such a shameful thing, which shows how important you are in his heart."
Baozhu smiled sweetly and whispered: "I asked him to bow his head to you and apologize. Did he do it?"
Fang Jinshi said: "No, if I had regretted my words at this time, I should have had time." He deliberately teased Baozhu, and to see her reaction, Baozhu fell silent. Fang Jinshi said: "Such an expensive woman , I haven¡¯t even touched it properly, I really can¡¯t let it go.¡±
After Baozhu made up his mind, he slowly stretched out his hand in front of him. Fang Jinshi stood up and laughed and said, "I was joking with you, and I took it seriously."
Baozhu also smiled and said: "I also know that I went to visit that sister Huang this afternoon. With her here, of course you will look down on me."
Fang Jinshi said: "If it weren't for Li Bao, see if I would let you go."
After hearing his praise, Baozhu felt happier and happier. Fang Jinshi sat for a while, drank a cup of tea, got up and left.
It was getting late, so Huang Jinmian sprayed the newly planted flowers and plants on the porch with water. After cleaning up, he walked into the room and closed the doors and windows. When he turned around, he saw Fang Jinshi sitting at the desk, holding a pen and writing.
She couldn't help but be curious, so she walked over to see what he was writing.
Fang Jinshi felt her approach and hurriedly took the book on the desk to cover the paper so that she wouldn't see it.
Seeing him like this, Huang Jinmian smiled and said, "It's so mysterious. Why are you afraid that I'll see it?" Fang Jinshi said, "There are some things that it's better not to let women know."
Huang Jinmian glanced at her and said, "Didn't you just reply to her a letter and pretend I didn't know about it?"
Fang Jinshi said with a solemn expression: "I replied a long time ago. What I just wrote is too important and is my biggest secret. Even if I am close to someone, I dare not let her know." His expression was solemn. , his tone was extremely deep, as if he had encountered something extremely difficult to decide.
Huang Jinmian looked at his expression and judged whether what he said was true or false. Fang Jinshi waved to her. Huang Jinmian approached the table. Fang Jinshi put his arms around her waist and asked her to sit on his lap. Then he said, "If you are kind, If you want me to kiss you, I¡¯ll show you.¡±
Huang Jinmian looked at him for a moment, and finally couldn't hold it in any longer and punched his chest twice, and said with a smile: "I believe you are going to die."
Fang Jinshi chuckled and said, "Come and kiss me." He lowered his head to kiss Huang Jinmian. Huang Jinmian deliberately dodged and said, "No, no." She waited for Fang Jinshi to let go a little, then reached out to the table and removed the cover. Paper book, look at the words written by Fang Jinshi.
It turned out that Fang Jinshi had nothing to do, copying the calligraphy and calligraphy written by Huang Jinmian on the wall. Huang Jinmian turned around after reading it and said: "Young Master Fang, you are a grown man, you are ashamed to copy the handwriting of your concubine. Not ashamed.¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "The capable person is the teacher, it doesn't matter who you learn from."
Huang Jinmian said: "It doesn't matter who you learn from, but you still have to pay attention to respecting the teacher. How can anyone pull the master to him, kiss and hug him?" She raised her leg slightly and said: "At least you have to do it. Take your hands away."
Fang Jinshi smiled playfully and stopped touching her legs. He put the pen on the table into her hand and said, "Write my name and I will follow it."
Huang Jinmian came close to his face and said, "What's the point of writing? Let's kiss."?. "
Fang Jinshi said: "We'll kiss you later, but you should write your name first."
Huang Jinmian leaned close to his face and whispered softly: "I won't write. Don't you want to touch your breasts? It's so comfortable." Her words were so tempting that Fang Jinshi couldn't resist. He hugged her and kissed her gently, His hands had reached under her clothes.
After a while, Huang Jinmian suddenly pushed him away and smiled: "It's written."
Fang Jinshi was stunned for a moment and saw three words written on the paper on the table: Fang Jinshi.
It turned out that Huang Jinmian stood in front of him and kissed him softly, writing on the paper on the table with her right hand. She didn't look at the paper, but she actually wrote these three words smoothly.
Fang Jinshi took the paper, looked at it, and praised: "You can write like this without reading it. How can you do it?"
Huang Jinmian said proudly: "As long as you are familiar with it, plus you write your name every day, it is not difficult at all."
Fang Jinshi looked at these three words carefully again. Although it was not as good as what Huang Jinmian wrote with concentration and seriousness, it was definitely hundreds of times better than what he had written.