Chapter 42 Section 41

Back at the hotel, I saw Enzhi wearing a small padded jacket, wrapped and leaning against the bed rail.A veil was tied on his head, and two small squares of headache ointment were pasted on his temples, and he was very depressed. "Good guy!" He said as soon as he saw Runchang, "What kind of wine is that? It's so powerful!" "The wine is not strong, it's because I drank too much." Runchang asked with concern: "Do you want to invite a doctor to take a look?" "No need." Enzhi replied, "I'm half bored. I don't know where you've been. I haven't done business yet, and I can't go out. If I can go out, I don't know what to do?"

Hearing his helplessness, Runchang couldn't help laughing, "So, you have to lie on the bed and pretend to be sick! Come on, come on, get up!" He went to lift his quilt, "I have to drink a little wine after washing my face and eating. This name is called 'sobering up with wine'." As he said that, Runchang ordered four dishes and one soup for him, and brought a bottle of rose water. En Zhiqiang cheered up, sat down and drank two sips of vinegar pepper fish soup, feeling very good, and his appetite slowly increased. "You are welcome, I came back from dinner, and I will sit with you." Runchang asked, "How did King Chun tell you to come this time?"

This made it difficult for Eunji to answer.It turned out that he was a guard under Prince Jin's mansion, and he was quite cautious when he was on errand, Zaifeng specially sent him this errand, saying it was to "adjust and adjust" him.Zaifeng's speech, of course, often did not express his meaning, and Enzhi was too honest, he didn't even understand the word "adjustment", so he had to ask his colleagues for advice. His colleague told him that this was a good job picked by King Chun to investigate the case. No matter who came to receive him, he would definitely give him a red envelope.As for the size of the red envelope, it depends on his own practice.The colleague also taught him to make things difficult and make people feel that he is difficult to deal with, so he will naturally give him a big red envelope.

However, Enzhi didn't know how to make things difficult, so he had to stick to his purpose and make troubles. It was inconvenient to say this to Runchang, but he felt that he was a good person and couldn't bear to bully him.After much deliberation, I had no choice but to tell the truth. "The lord said that sending me out this time is to 'adjust' me." Hearing this, Runchang was delighted, and asked calmly on the surface: "So, what amount do you plan to ask for?" "I don't know." Enzhi replied, "There must be a thousand children, there must be!"

Runchang was overjoyed, and became more calm. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. The superior sent me this job to adjust me, but it's not enough." "How much do you want?" "I want him five thousand silver, and we will share it equally." Enzhi was very excited, but hesitantly asked: "Is it okay?" "Sure, maybe I can give you a few more words. But, you have to listen to me." "Okay!" Enzhi agreed, taking a deep sip of his wine. In this way, Enzhi was easily manipulated into submission.The next morning, the two were accompanied by Shishou to the Bureau of Commerce, and Runchang came out to deal with them alone.

There were three people on the other side, all wearing plain clothes, but they all had a bright future when asked.Wang Zhulin is an alternate Taoist of Sanpin, who acts as the general office of the Bureau of Commerce, and is considered to be in charge of a yamen in Zhili, so Runchang politely invited him to sit down and talk to him. "Who is Bamboo Weng's name?" "A virtuous guest." Wang Zhulin replied, "A sage is a virtuous guest, and a guest is a guest." "Where is Bamboo Weng's job?" "Make salt." "Changlu salt merchants are very rich..."

"No, no!" Wang Zhulin argued hastily: "Now it's not as good as it used to be, it's just making ends meet." "You're welcome!" Runchang asked again: "Do you have any contact with Duan Xiangyan?" "Knowledge, no contact." "Then, how can you say that you raised 100,000 silver for him, and gave it to King Qing as a birthday present?" "That's the master of the class. He is full of food and has nothing to do, so he spread rumors." Wang Zhulin replied, "The annual income of this bureau is only more than 7,000 silver, which is barely enough for expenses, and it can raise 100,000 silver to give away. What's more, I am not the only one responsible for public expenses."

"Who else?" "There are seven commercial directors in this bureau." "Is it all here?" "The business directors come only for meetings, and only Ning Shifu, who is also an assistant manager, is here." "Then ask Assistant Manager Ning to talk about it." This Ning Shifu donated an alternate magistrate, in terms of official position, he is higher than Runchang, but since he came in plain clothes, he is considered a businessman.His attitude was very humble, and he could speak. When he mentioned one hundred thousand silver, he had a very surprised expression on his face.

"One hundred thousand silver?" He said, "Not only have I never seen it, I have never even heard of it." "Maybe you don't know." "No! Mr. Wang has to discuss everything with me. Besides, the one hundred thousand silver is neither paid by me nor by Mr. Wang, so it must be shared by the merchant. Please ask Mr. Run carefully, it's not difficult The truth came out." "Yes, I want to inquire carefully." "Here!" Ning Shifu pointed to the outside and said, "Just now, the guy surnamed Zheng opened a bank, specializing in exchanging money, with a daily deposit and withdrawal of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, which is a big deal. Second Master Run might as well ask him first."

"Okay!" Runchang said: "Let me ask a question first, Fu Weng, your business directors in the bureau may jointly vouch for it." "Of course!" Ning Shifu asked, "How do you write this knot?" "Just say that there is no matter of raising 100,000 gold for Duan XX, that's enough." "That's good! I'll do it right away." So, while Ning Shifu was the witness, Runchang asked Zheng Jinding, a pre-arranged money merchant, to ask questions. The answers were similar to what Wang Zhulin and Ning Shifu said. "It's nothing, can you make a knot?" Runchang said, "It's not you alone, the big businessmen in Tianjin will make a knot together."

"This..." Zheng Jinding hesitated, with a look of embarrassment on his face. "Yes, yes!" Wang Zhulin quickly picked up and said, "I am the general manager of the Bureau of Commerce, and the matter is directly related to me. I'm here to settle with various merchants." There are a large number of stamps engraved on any petition or reimbursement. The trouble is that the witnesses in the case must go to Beijing to wait for the interview. Among them, Yang Cuixi is suddenly timid and refuses to show up. The matter has become a deadlock. "It doesn't matter!" Shishou patted his chest and assured Runchang, "The two of you must have done the job well." "It's not a matter of whether we can pay the job or not. It's about her own misfortune." Runchang said again: "As it is, there is another thing we can't let go of." "consult!" "Yang Cuixi is disobedient like this. When King Dechun asks Sun Zhongtang, if she doesn't speak according to the negotiated statement, then there will be a big mistake!" "No, no! She can't make things difficult for herself. All in all, the errands of the two of you will be paid from here! Go shopping in Tianjin, have fun for a day or two, and return to Beijing comfortably." Hearing this, Runchang felt more at ease.Back at the inn, he took out three thousand taels of silver bills and handed them over to Enzhi. He received 12,000 taels in real time, and won Enzhi's repeated thanks. He was very proud of himself! "Have some fun?" he said to Eun-ji. "It's said that Hou's house in Tianjin is like the Eight Great Alleys in Beijing." Enzhi shrank his neck and said with a smile, "Let's take a look!" "Then someone has to lead the way..." "No need, no need!" Enzhi is very honest in his work, but Huajie Liuxiang is very expert, "It's not fun if someone takes it, it's fun to touch it by yourself." Runchang agreed without hesitation.It was only when I walked out of the room that I realized that it was very dangerous to visit a kiln with more than 10,000 silver bills on my body.In case the scissors picked it up, no one would believe it. If you want to ask where such a large sum of money came from?It is even more speechless. "Wait!" Runchang returned to his room, opened the box, and stuffed the whole handful of silver bills at the bottom of the box. He only brought a hundred taels of silver with him, but he was confident that he would be a wealthy guest after arriving at Hou's house. Walking in the car, asking all the way, strolling all the way, after easily finding Hou's house, it was indeed very lively, but if it can be compared with the Eight Great Hutongs, it may not be. However, there is one trick that the Bada Hutong does not have, and there is a treasure game for open gambling.When Runchang heard the sound of the dice, his palms itch. "Wait a minute!" He grabbed Enzhi, "Wait for me to go in and take a look!" "Forget it, forget it!" Enzhi was not interested in this, and refused to go in, "I have already made a fortune, and there will be no second one. Let's go!" "No!" Runchang looked up, and there was a brothel named "Pear Fragrance Court" on the opposite side, and he pointed with his finger, "You go to 'open the plate' first, and I will be here in a while." Eun-chi had no choice but to "single whoring".Runchang went straight in full of energy.When I first entered the hall, there was a mass of people's heads in the dark, and I didn't understand the situation yet.After standing for a while, he figured out that there was one table of treasure and two tables of Pai Gow. Without thinking about it, he walked towards the table of Pai Gow. The pusher was a big fat man, wearing a shiny satin jacket, with a gold watch chain as thick as a little finger on his chest, and a pile of banknotes and silver dollars in front of him, just shouting: "Quickly, quickly, No mushrooms!" Seeing this situation, Runchang didn't make a move. After watching it twice, he felt that the door was not bad.As soon as I thought about it, I thought of the 12,000 silver, and suddenly I felt courageous. I took a big bag into my pocket, copied all the silver notes in my hand, squeezed it tightly and threw it down the door, and said in my mouth: " Spring does not open the way!" This is a high-roller. Everyone looked up, but Runchang remained calm and only looked at the banker. The banker moved the banknote a little bit, without saying a word, threw the dice on the table, it was nine o'clock, picked up the first card, and turned it out, it was pitch black, and immediately aroused laughter. "Black devils resist foreign guns!" Someone came to the door and said, "If you have a little money, you have money." It turned out to be eight o'clock and two o'clock in Tianmen. The person who went down to check the cards was not very straightforward. First he turned over one card, which was Zhang Changsan, and then turned over another card, which was Zhang Chang2.Now it's the dealer's turn to laugh! "Don't eat don't!" He said: "With this note of 'spring does not ask the way', it is more than enough." Runchang's face was embarrassing, he couldn't help it, he turned around and left, he was a little unconvinced after thinking about it, when he arrived at Lixiangyuan, he turned back to the inn, opened the box and took a thousand taels of silver notes to gamble again. The more he gambled, the bigger the fire, and every time he was close to making money and was about to stop, he would lose three bets in a row. Back to the inn for the fifth time, just as I was opening the box, I heard someone at the door saying: "My old man, what's the matter with you?" Turning around, he saw that it was Enzhi. He was impatient waiting in Lixiangyuan, but he couldn't find Runchang when he arrived at Baoju. He was very worried, so he rushed back, and he found him. "What did I think happened?" Enzhi looked at his hand and said, "What's the matter, you still want to gamble?" "I'll go again." "How much did you lose?" "I lost..." Runchang suddenly realized that he couldn't tell the truth, "I didn't lose, I didn't lose. It's only one hundred taels of silver, and I played for a long time." "It's fine if you don't lose. Why come here after all the hard work?" Runchang couldn't hold on any longer, so he cut off the idea of ​​gambling, and put the banknotes back into the box. When it's time to go to bed, close the door and count carefully. It just so happens that there are not more, no less, exactly three thousand taels. "Fate! Luck!" Runchang fell asleep instead.