16, go to the banquet

A day later, the captain of the Royal Forest Army came to the barracks with more than a dozen craftsmen. He built a fireplace in the rooms of the subordinates of the seventh prince. After completion, he didn't even take the money. He sat on the carriage carrying bricks and walked away, and hung the stunned seventh prince and others there.

Two days later, more than 400 leather jackets were also sent to the barracks. After the person in charge of transporting dozens of huge parcels put them in the warehouse, they were also ready to drive back. They were stopped by the seventh prince and said, "You haven't received the money yet, have you?"

"We are only responsible for transportation, not for collecting money. Besides, the shopkeeper didn't let us collect money." The porter quickly crawled on the ground and replied. Although he didn't know who this person was, the other party's noble temperament scared him so much that he didn't even dare to look up.

The seventh prince was relieved. It turned out that these were all working people, and the people who really collected money had not come yet.

However, I learned from several captains that when they hired these people, the other party did not even accept the deposit, and even the materials and labor were provided directly by the other party, which surprised the seventh prince.

It was not until the day when the seventh prince was going to Cheng Yuanjia to eat Laba porridge on the twelfth lunar month, no one came to collect money, which made the seventh prince feel that things were not so simple.

Because the weather was too cold, on the way to Cheng Yuanjia Manor, the seventh prince did not ride a horse, but got on a spacious carriage. Originally, in the south, it is more common to take a carriage than a horse. Generally, if you are not in a hurry, you will not ride a horse.

In the carriage, the seventh prince carefully asked them about the details of their procurement and employee workers. After hearing this, he was silent for a while and said, "I'm afraid we owe someone this time."

"How to say this?" The captain of the guard was puzzled.

"You should still remember the young master of the Cheng family who came to Minzhou with us."

"Of course, I remember that this young master Cheng is so big all the way. He is worthy of being the son of a rich family." The captain of the bodyguard said annoidly, "But this man is quite good at being. He has been entertaining us deliciously and deliciously, and has also prepared a very gorgeous tent for you, the seventh prince."

"He has been in Minzhou, presiding over the Cheng family's business in Minzhou. If I guess correctly, the people you found are all subordinates of the Cheng family, so they won't accept our money at all. The seventh prince sighed and said, "The Cheng family's power here should be very large. Even if it is not their power, as long as the Cheng family makes a word, naturally someone will compete to help."

The captain of the bodyguard was stunned and said, "No way, isn't this more useful than the emperor's life?"

"The folk power of the Cheng family is absolutely greater than that of the emperor's life, especially in the south. Qinrou Jun once mentioned this to me." The seventh prince was a little discouraged and said, "The emperor's order has been uploaded. I don't know how many gates to pass to send out some disaster relief food, and it will be deducted to more than one in the middle. There are very few that can really be used for the common people. But the Cheng family is different. There are not so many complex bureaucratic structures. They are specially sent by the Cheng family to supervise and distribute it to ensure that every penny is distributed to the disaster victims. Do you think if you are a commoner, do you believe in the government or the Cheng family?

"Believe in the Cheng family." Several captains said with one voice, and then looked at each other in con'sinu.

"People share the same heart. The Cheng family's good deeds are in place, which is much more effective than the government. For the common people, they will believe in whoever they receive more favors. The seventh prince sighed again, "For good that every time the Cheng family does good deeds, it is under the banner of the Empress Dowager, which is also a long face for the royal family. Otherwise, we will really have no face to the people of the world."

"Thinking about the Cheng family, it's really not easy. Such a big industry is actually run by one family." The captain of the bodyguard exclaimed: "And since more than a hundred years ago, the people of the Cheng family created the first silver number, the operation of the Cheng family has spread all over the country, and even several neighboring countries have the silver number of the Cheng family. The strangest thing is that no one can imitate the silver ticket issued by the Cheng family. The captain of the Royal Forest Army also said.

"Every silver ticket of the Cheng family comes from my family. The repeated patterns on it are not made by ordinary platers at all. What's more strange is that the silver ticket of the Cheng family has dark flowers. As long as it is facing the light, a word Cheng will be revealed in the paper. Before this dark flower technology is leaked, the Cheng family does not have to worry about being killed. Imitation of silver tickets." Another captain explained. This captain is from Jiangnan and knows more about the Cheng family: "Over the years, I don't know how many people want to start a silver account business, but no one has ever been able to succeed. The most important thing is that the silver tickets they make are too easy to be counterfeited. As long as someone holds fake silver tickets to cash them, they will If you want to bear the loss by yourself, gradually, no one dares to do this.

The seventh prince came from the palace and knew the origin of the Cheng family more clearly. It is said that the Cheng family was an ordinary rich family 200 years ago. Although it was also rich, it was far from now. At that time, it was the rise of the State of Wei, and Emperor Taizu fought everywhere. The Cheng family took the initiative to rely on the royal family and made a lot of war money. After the founding of the State of Wei, a large part of his property was taken out to add bricks and tiles to the reconstruction of the State of the State of Wei. For this reason, it won the favor of Emperor Taizu, gave a lot of convenience to the Cheng family in the business field, and even established an ancestral motto of harmony with the Cheng family for generations. Although few people in the Cheng family serve in the court, even if they agree to be an official, they are all like Cheng Yuhang, who came out after being invited by the emperor three times and four times. Although the Cheng family's airs are not ordinary, the royal family strives to maintain a friendly relationship with the Cheng family. The former emperor married the woman of the Cheng family as his concubine, and Prince Qian also married his beloved daughter to Cheng Yuhang, who had no official position at that time. In this generation, Cheng Yuanjia, the daughter of the Cheng family, got married to the royal family. There were still a few people in the court, but later they all saw that whoever marries her is the future emperor. As for them, don't even think about them.

On the surface, Cheng Yuanjia is very close to the seventh prince, but everyone is very clear that it is useless for them to make vows. At that time, the emperor will marry whoever Cheng Yuanjia will marry, and they can't help but make their own decisions.

And the seventh prince has another layer of worry. Cheng Yuanjia's attitude is always as close as he is. He was very close to him at the last moment, but the next moment he seemed to be much estranged from him. He was just an ordinary friend. Although a woman's heart is always fickle, her heart, which has become faster than turning over books, always needs to consider the psychological endurance of those around her.

"If the Cheng family takes care of us, then we can enjoy happiness." The captain of the bodyguard smiled at the seventh prince and said, "When I was in the capital, I often heard the guards chat that the seventh prince had a good relationship with Qinrou Junjun. This county gentleman is so arrogant that she has an arrogant temper. The empress dowager protects her, and even the emperor can't do anything about her, but she has green eyes on the seventh prince and is polite. Maybe Qinrou Junjun is our seventh prince concubine.

"It goes without saying that who doesn't know that the Seventh Prince and Qinrou Junjun are a natural couple." Another bodyguard sent by the King of Qi raised his chin and said, "Have you ever seen a more outstanding young man than the Seventh Prince? You should be good-looking, the right age, and be both literary and martial arts.

Several captains all smiled tacitly at the seventh prince and blushed the seventh prince, who was a little shy.

As he was laughing, the Cheng family's manor arrived.

According to reason, the seventh prince, as a royal noble, comes to this kind of residential house, the owner must sprinkle water on the road, put on the incense table and kneel at the door. However, the seventh prince has never been arrogant and has a good temper. He doesn't care about these things at all. Several captains also know his open-mindedness and don't care if there is any appearance.

The door of the manor was open. Even if Cheng Yuanjia would not greet him at the door, he still arranged a subordinate to wait outside the door tremblingly in the cold wind. Seeing the carriage of the seventh prince and others coming, he quickly greeted the people in the porter to help drive the carriage to another yard.

The seventh prince and the four captains entered through the gate and went straight to the main hall, but were stopped by the servants and said, "My master invited you to go directly to the backyard. The host is ready to have a banquet for you."

The seventh prince of Cheng Yuanjia's backyard has been there several times, which can be regarded as a familiar road, but the four captains have not been there. This time, he went in with the seventh prince and was surprised to face the exquisite courtyard all the way.