Chapter 17 Difficulties

Coming out of the crowd, Xu Jinghong still had a smile on the corners of his mouth. It seemed that soon the whole capital, from dignitaries to the people of Li people, would know that they had come. Moreover, this matter has not excessively offended a big family like the Chu family, but it coincides with what he will do in the future. In this way, Xu Jinghong's footsteps became lighter and went straight to rent a house.

After this period, the Liren market was still crowded. The people in the distance did not put too much energy into the turmoil there. They still traded separately, which was so lively. Xu Jinghong and his entourage also took a lot of effort to finally come to a relatively generous tooth shop. After greeting, they called a house viewing agent.

The agent saw that he was going to rent a big house, so he was naturally very enthusiastic. Daliang is the capital of the Song Dynasty. The land price is extremely high, and ordinary people also rent houses. This rental business is also booming. However, there are still a few guests like Xu Jinghong who need a large area and complete furniture. After all, the rent of such a house is not low. However, this is also the big customer in the eyes of Yaxing. The higher the rental price, the higher their income.

Therefore, although Xu Jinghong is very picky about this house, the broker is still enthusiastic. After a careful introduction, Xu Jinghong finally saw three of them. Seeing that it was not dark, the agent took them to one of them to see what was going on.

This is a clean house in the south of the city. Except for some residential houses, there are no idle people around. And this house is also very Zhou Zheng's courtyard, and all the furniture is preserved, which is exactly what Xu Jinghong wants. Seeing that it was already dusk and everyone always wanted a place to stay, Xu Jinghong asked the price.

"This house is a real estate under the name of a nobleman in Beijing, and it is useless to leave it idle, so I want to rent it out. You see, the objects here are very new and the surrounding environment is also good, but the price is not too low. The agent originally intended to let Xu Jinghong rent the next two places, but when he saw that the other party was already thinking about it, he also told the truth: "If you only rent three months to half a year, you need fifty taels a month; if you can rent a longer one, you can reduce it as appropriate."

This price is not low. Ordinary people can use ten taels of silver in the first half of the year, but the monthly rent of this house costs 50 taels, which is really scary. However, Xu Jinghong nodded without much consideration and said, "Then I'll rent it for half a year first. If you need to add more years."

"The guest is bold!" I have never seen such a generous guest in the economy, because most of the people who rent houses in the capital - real rich families buy houses and can't use him at all - and which ordinary family doesn't calculate the money carefully? Therefore, he was also surprised to see Xu Jinghong accept it without even frowning.

However, he didn't know that Xu Jinghong's wealth was no less than that of a rich businessman in Beijing. In Lingzhou Fang's family, he got hundreds of thousands of silver, so he was naturally not afraid to spend more on it. Moreover, he did not come to the capital to live. He can have a comfortable house and let go of his hands and feet in the future, which is regarded as an early investment.

Seeing the broker smiling, Xu Jinghong added another condition: "But I hope we can move in today. I wonder if you can complete all the formalities?"

"This... The Gyeonggi government has been closed at this time. I'm afraid it's impossible to bookmark the article." The broker explained in embarrassment, and then said, "But the little one can be the master and guest to stay here today. As long as the little one goes to tell the family here and pays the deposit, there should be no problem."

"Okay, let's do it. But I have something to do tomorrow, and I'll go to the government office the day after tomorrow. Xu Jinghong didn't say much and nodded.

"Well, the little one is going to tell you. In addition, the yard has been unmantended for a while. Does the guest need to hire someone to clean it?

"No, our brothers will do it!" Xu Jinghong refused with a smile, and then took out a 300 taels of silver ticket from his arms and handed it over: "There will be a reward after it is done!" After receiving it, the agent immediately gave him a piece of flattery, and then went to work.

When the lantern first came on, the broker rushed back and brought the documents that had not yet been handled by the government, which was already signed by the house. The other party did not come to meet the guest. Perhaps for such a rich family, the rental of a house is nothing at all.

At this time, the house is already a scene of hot work. For these soldiers, it is very good to have a place to stay in the capital, not to mention such a big house. Naturally, they are full of energy, hoping to clean up this place quickly so that everyone can officially become the owner of this house and have their own home.

After receiving the document, Xu Jinghong looked at the signature of the last owner, and then there was a funny look in his eyes. But then, this mocking smile disappeared again. He quickly signed his big name, and then everything was waiting for the approval of the Gyeonggi government.

Shortly after the economy, everyone had also cleaned up the two houses in front of him. Xu Jinghong called his brothers together, then locked the door and went straight to a restaurant not far away. It was time to reward himself.

During the dinner, Xu Jinghong announced another thing that made everyone happy: "In the next three days, everyone will play in Beijing at will, relax as much as possible, and get familiar with the environment here at the same time. Do you remember?"

"Ye!" Even though they had left the barracks and talked about such a relaxed topic, the brothers still did not change their true colors and agreed in unison. However, their faces are also happy and have been following Xu Jinghong. Naturally, they can't be free and happy. Now they can have a three-day vacation, which is unexpected in the past. In this way, everyone's wine interest became higher, and they shouted to let the clerks put a few jars of spirits, and they made a mistake.

After drinking a drink until the end of the update, everyone staggered back to the house. After random distribution, they went into the room and rested. At this time, Xu Jinghong stopped Wang Liehai, Lao Gou and Tian Dahu: "We really have roots in the capital, but this is only the beginning, so when the brothers are relaxing, we can't be careless. After all, the capital is different from other places, and the water here is much more muddy than the southwest."

"What the team is saying is that we are not familiar with the capital, and we don't know what to do when we are new here. We should be more careful. I don't know what the team is going to do? Wang Liehai hurriedly asked.

"Let's take a look first. Tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of War to report and wait for the arrangement of the court. As for this period, it is still mainly to familiarize everyone with everything here. I think everyone will soon know that the capital is not easy to stay. Xu Jinghong's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something interesting.

The next morning, Xu Jinghong changed into a new military uniform and went to the military headquarters accompanied by Xiong Geng. At this time, the others were still in their dreams because of hangovers. Even Xiong Geng was forcibly pulled up by Xu Jinghong.

"Yawn..." After leaving the door, Xiong Geng still yawned greatly, and then said puzzled, "Why is the team going to the military headquarters so early?"

"This is the rule! The Ministry of War received local affairs in two hours this morning. If you go late, you can't do anything. Do you think you are still in the southwest?" Xu Jinghong looked at Xiong Geng angrily.

"It also said that we were going to do our own activities today, but they pulled the old bear back. Isn't this playing with us?" Xiong Geng muttered in his heart, but he did not dare to show anything on his face and rushed forward behind Xu Jinghong.

At this time, it was still early and there were not many pedestrians on the road, so Xu Jinghong and others could quickly come to the government office of the Ministry of War. In front of the closed government door, there are already many men in new and old military uniforms waiting there. It seems that what Xu Jinghong said is indeed true.

"It seems that the man's style has not changed in the past two years. Now it's more than half of the time, and I still don't see the government. It's really casual. Xu Jinghong looked at the soldiers waiting around him and smiled sarcasticly, but not to these people, but to the man in charge of a part of it.

Two quarters later, a four-person sedan chair appeared in people's sight and then carried it in through the side door that had just been opened. So there was another waiting, and before the hour, the door finally opened. A group of soldiers also ran out with the opening of the door, just to see their yawns, but they did not have any prestige. It was not until they were all right that a young official in green robe came out of the door: "If you have official documents, just pass them over." But I didn't even say a word of apology for being late.

Looking at this scene, Xu Jinghong couldn't help but think of some government offices in later generations, where those people had to do things. The officials in it said what they were public servants, but what they did was the same as the officials here, and their rude behavior was a replica of the behavior here. It seems that this official-oriented ideology, no matter in which dynasty, can change no matter who governs.

Those soldiers don't have as many ideas as Xu Jinghong. They are just eager to hand in their copywriting so that they can arrange a position for themselves as soon as possible so that they can settle down. For this reason, they inevitably have to give some benefits to this official who has no official rank at all, so in a short time, the official has an official document full of silver sleeves.

It was not until everyone handed over the documents and then dispersed that Xu Jinghong also took out his documents and put them in the hands of the little official: "Please go in and report that Xu Jinghong in the southwest was ordered to come to the capital to wait for the dispatch."

"What is the transmission? Can't we spread so many people? Just wait. If there is your share, someone will naturally make it public every afternoon!" Seeing that Xu Jinghong did not give him any filial piety, the little official only coldly left a sentence and turned back.

"Fight you!" Seeing that the other party was so rude to the team, Xiong Geng was angry: "Your ears are stuffed with donkey hair. Didn't you hear that my team came to Beijing by the imperial edict? How dare you delay like this!"

Hearing the word imperial edict, the little official really stopped for a moment, and then turned around and said full of sarcasm: "Don't talk about the imperial edict, this is the Ministry of War!" And if you really have a holy decree, do you need to pass the survey of the Ministry of War? You can have a seat directly! A small team is so angry that there are dozens of people waiting to be dispatched in Beijing. When will it be your turn to be presumptuous!" After saying that, he didn't say much and turned straight into the government.

"You..." Seeing that the little official mocked his team so much, Xiong Geng was even more angry. He pulled out his legs and wanted to teach him a lesson, but he was stopped by Xu Jinghong and dragged him away. Seeing them leave, the soldiers who had clenched their spears in their hands relaxed. Obviously, if Xiong Geng rushed over, these people would also do it.

He took Xiong Geng's hand and went straight to a corner next to him, and Xu Jinghong let him go. Xiong Geng gasped and said, "Team Zheng, what are you stopping me for? Shouldn't I teach that boy so rudely?"

"This is the military office. If you go up, you will hit the official office, but it's a big crime!" Xu Jinghong said coldly, "Do you want to go to prison on the second day when you come to the capital?"

"But this is too out of the word! We waited outside for a long time, but we couldn't wait for anything. It's really unbearable!" Xiong Geng said and stared at Xu Jinghong: "Team Zheng, how comfortable we are when we are in the southwest. Ye Hao, big guys like the Fang family have been taken down by us. Why have you become so timid when you arrive in the capital? I won't talk about that yesterday. Today, this boy spoke rudely again. It's really time to fight!"

"The capital is the capital, and the southwest is the southwest." Xu Jinghong shook his head at him with a wry smile: "You can't figure out the truth for a moment. However, I can tell you that in the southwest, we can let go of our own nature, even if we are fully prepared to kill people. But you can't do this when you come to the capital. Everything must be careful.

"But why is this...?" Seeing Xu Jinghong's solemn words, Xiong Geng couldn't help but become a little serious.

"Because the army is the most powerful in the southwest, but the capital is not. It is still respected by force, but the capital is respected by force. Before we have our own power, we have to lie down first, and it is inevitable to suffer some losses. However, I don't think such a day will be long. Since someone transferred us from the southwest, they will definitely not sit and watch us do nothing. Soon our dispatch will come down.

"I hope so..." Xiong Geng said confidently about this.

The two then wandered around the capital and did not return to their residence until the sun went down. As soon as they entered the courtyard, two brothers rushed over: "The team is not doing well. Five of our brothers have been injured and arrested!"

In the palace, the emperor was listening to Huang Yue tell himself about Xu Jinghong's embarrassment in the military department. When he heard that he took someone away in the end and didn't do anything, the emperor's eyes were more appreciative: "Well, he really didn't let me down!"

"Your Majesty, the old slave can't understand it. Why is what Xu Jinghong did in the southwest be different from what he did after coming to Beijing? In the southwest, he dared to kill a hundred people, but after arriving in Beijing, he not only dared not have a big dispute with the people of the Chu family on the street, but also dared not offend a small official in that district. Such a Xu Jinghong is not the person your Majesty wants him to work in Beijing. Huang Yue seems to be confused. In fact, he has already had a judgment in his heart, but as a subordinate, he must give the superiors some opportunities to show their talents. Even if he and the emperor's master and servant for many years, this habit will not change.

The emperor also happily accepted this opportunity, touched his white beard and said, "This is exactly where I am sure that this son can be used. If he comes to Beijing and rushes like in the southwest, I will worry about the inhumane. Because in that case, this person is just a reckless man. Even if he can make a difference, he can't pose a threat to those people after all. But now it seems that Xu Jinghong knows how to advance and retreat. He will never act rashly when he is not as strong as others, which is even more terrible when he has a certain strength. Well, if such a talent can be used for me, it will make those who are not subordinates know that they are powerful.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Huang Yue hurriedly praised and said, "Then how is your majesty going to use him?"

"This is not urgent now. He just came to the capital. I still need some time to observe what he has. The ability of this person and whether he is loyal or not must be investigated in detail.

"So, hasn't he been unable to stretch for a while in Beijing? The Ministry of War will not let him have any position. For a long time, I'm afraid it will will of this person.

"If so, this person is not available. I want a person who is bold, loyal and reliable, and able to behave steadily. These three points are indispensable. It is also very beneficial to observe the character of this person for a period of time. Moreover, the more he is doing nothing in the capital, the more difficult those who have a grudge against him will be and the more they can show his ability to deal with things in a bad situation. Moreover, when he found that the capital was full of enemies, I suddenly promoted him and gave him a certain power. Do you think he will be very grateful to me for my use?

Huang Yue suddenly said, "So that's it. Your Majesty is really far-sighted, and the old slave is convinced. Then let's hang him for a few days."

"Yes, hang it first, but you have to report everything about him in time. Whether our Zhao family can regain power depends on this!" While the emperor was talking, a faint light appeared in his eyes...