Chapter 43 Jinling

Jinling City.

Since the founding of Dasong, it has been the imperial capital.

For more than 200 years, it has benefited from the prosperity of Jiangnan and is the power center of Dasong, making it extremely prosperous with a population of over one million.

The richest place in the world is Jiangnan, and the richest place in Jiangnan is Jinling.

At this time, it was the hot summer and Jinling was scorching hot.

As in previous years, the ice brought from the north last winter was very popular.

But it was the same.

Because ice was not easy to transport and difficult to obtain, Jinling City fell into a dilemma of having no ice to sell after only supplying some of the dignitaries in the city.

Even the imperial palace was unable to transport enough ice from the north because the winter last year was not very cold, so it could only be used sparingly.

It was impossible to reward the ministers with ice as in previous years, which made it even more difficult to get ice in Jinling City.

However, just when the price of ice was high, a business suddenly appeared in Jinling City, selling ice on a large scale.

For a time, the dignitaries in Jinling who were tortured by the heat flocked to it.

"I've never seen or heard of Yanjun Trading Company."

In the restaurant opposite the trading company, many drinkers were drinking and talking.

Looking at the crowd of people buying ice at the door of the trading company, they sighed.

"At present, ice is expensive, this trading company is really going to make a fortune."

"Yes, Yanjun, isn't this a county under Yanzhou?"

"Yes, it's from Yanzhou, but the owner of this trading company is afraid of losing money by transporting ice from Yanzhou to Jinling, and selling it so cheaply?"

"..."

Everyone was talking.

In their opinion, from Yanzhou to Jinling, more than 2,000 miles away, the money spent on transporting it would make more money than ice.

I really couldn't understand why the trading company could still sell ice so cheaply.

"No matter if it's a loss or not, it's so cheap, I'll buy some later so that my child can have some ice to cool down."

"That's right, five cents a pound, it's a waste not to buy."

"You have to hurry up if you want to buy, otherwise it's sold out."

There was another commotion, and several guests in the restaurant went downstairs.

Yan County Business House.

Guan Zhong stared at the accounts, and the two people beside him were responsible for putting the silver in the box.

He was the manager sent by the palace to Yan County, and he and the two servants around him were responsible for supervising the accounts.

When they first came to Jinling, they had been doing nothing in the Chamber of Commerce.

The children and servants sent by the wealthy families deliberately alienated them.

They were angry and helpless about this.

After all, they knew that the position of the palace in Yan County was not stable.

But yesterday, this situation suddenly changed.

The reason was that a group of wealthy children suddenly came from Yan County.

These wealthy children were said to ride fast horses, changing horses along the way, and arrived in five days.

After arriving in Jinling, they immediately captured the clansmen and servants of the Huang and Du families.

Afterwards, the power of the Yan County Business was handed over to them.

The status of the three in the business jumped up again.

At this time, they knew that something big had happened in Yan County.

The rebellion of the Huang and Du families was destroyed by the palace, and the Zhang family lost its former spirit.

The palace controlled Yan County, and their prince became the real King of Yan.

"You two stay here in the afternoon, I will send a letter to the prince?"

Touching the letter on his chest, Guan Zhong looked serious.

This is the letter that the King of Yan asked the children of the Dong family to bring to the palace Mi Guiren.

If he guessed correctly, this Mi Guiren is the biological mother of the King of Yan.

During these days in the imperial city, he has learned a lot in the imperial city.

The concubines in the palace are also divided into levels, including imperial concubine, concubine, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauty, talent, noble lady, selected servant, and lady.

The biological mother of the Prince of Yan was only a noble lady, which showed that her status in the palace was low, and she couldn't even rely on her son to become a noble.

However, this was not what he should consider.

No matter how little the Prince of Yan was valued by the emperor, he was still not as good as a servant.

"Xiangguo Temple." This was a very prosperous place in Jinling City.

Many women from powerful families in the imperial city often came here to burn incense and pray.

According to the oral instructions of the Prince of Yan, his mother would occasionally leave the palace to burn incense and pray at Xiangguo Temple.

However, it was a bit difficult to deliver the letter using this method.

But there was another way, which was still next to Xiangguo Temple.

There was the residence of the great eunuch Liang Cheng.

According to the oral instructions of the Prince of Yan, he would bring 10,000 taels of silver to the door this time to bribe Liang Cheng for him, pretending to be close to him, in order to get some convenience in the palace.

And this method was more likely to deliver the letter.

After thinking this through, he took out the silver from the account and asked the servants to carry it to Xiangguo Temple.

The King of Yan sent him to Jinling, which was a sign of his trust in him.

He had to solve the problem in order to live up to the King of Yan's kindness.

Liang Cheng's mansion was very famous, and almost everyone in Jinling knew it.

After crossing five bridges, three streets, and several alleys, he stopped in front of a large mansion.

"How lavish." Guan Zhong sighed.

In front of the mansion in front of him, two stone Suanni were lifelike.

The golden door nails on the bright red lacquer door shone brightly.

In front of the door, a row of slaves stood or sat, all wearing silk clothes and belts with gold and jade.

The strong contrast reminded him of the shabbyness of the palace.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

His King of Yan was a prince, but he was not as good as a eunuch.

This thought just flashed through his mind, and he dared not look down on Liang Cheng.

Everyone in Jinling didn't know that he was a favorite of the emperor.

Both the princes and the dignitaries were willing to curry favor with him and ask him to say a few good words to the emperor.

"What are you doing? Don't stop in front of the door. Get out!" Guan Zhong just stopped.

The slave in front of the mansion showed an expression like a vicious dog and walked towards him holding a stick.

Guan Zhong's expression didn't change, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and greeted it.

"Brothers, it's convenient." Guan Zhong stuffed the money into Haonu's sleeves.

When the slave saw that each silver ingot was fifty taels, he immediately turned his anger into a smile and asked, "Where did you come from? Are you asking Mr. Liang to do something?"

"Exactly." Guan Zhong took out the famous post from his sleeve, which was also brought from Yanzhou, "His Royal Highness King Yan has prepared some small gifts for the manager."

"That silly..." The wealthy family member of the Liang Mansion was about to say silly prince, but suddenly stopped and said with an embarrassed smile: "It turns out to be the Ninth Prince."

"Yes, His Highness Prince Yan has recovered from his illness recently. He misses the Emperor and his mother, and also remembers the steward's care when he was in the capital, so he ordered me to come here specially." Guan Zhong said one by one.

The two slaves looked at each other and said, "It will be easier if you have a name post. In this case, you wait here and I will notify you. It just so happens that the manager is at the mansion today. As for whether he will see you or not, it all depends on your luck." "

Guan Zhong apologized and said, "Brother, just send it away, there will be gifts later."

The two nodded, showing a teachable expression, and turned around to enter the house.

After turning around a screen wall with cranes painted on it, Haonu walked down the long corridor and saw Liang Cheng fishing by the lotus pond in the garden.

The arrogance in the wealthy man's body instantly dissipated, like a docile puppy, he whispered: "Sir, the Ninth Prince has sent me a name card."

Liang Cheng said "Oh", and then suddenly reacted, "Who?"

"Ninth... Ninth Prince, his servants said that the Ninth Prince has recovered from his illness, so he came here to thank you." Haonu turned pale with fright, thinking that he had caused trouble.

Liang Cheng was even more surprised when he heard this, "The Ninth Prince has recovered from his illness!"

He frowned, and his bright white eyebrows twitched a few times, "Let the servant come in. If we have anything to ask him, we can ask him."