Chapter 23 Destroying Cao Ji Shang

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The governor saw a lot of people. Hu Chuyuan was still afraid of a magistrate. He felt that Cao Jingwen was deliberately going to give him a little color. Hu Chuyuan said coldly, "Lord Cao, please!"

The two entered the middle hall side by side. As soon as they entered the door, Hu Chuyuan continued to maintain a little demeanor and asked Cao Jingwen to sit in the seat, that is, the position of the host's house, but Cao Jingwen actually sat down, which was very disrespectful to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan's face was even more ugly. He could only sit in the guest seat on the right side of the table and ask Wang Baotian to prepare hot tea for Cao Jingwen.

Cao Jingwen looked at the main hall carefully and couldn't help sighing and said, "Hu Qiwei, every time I come to your house, I have a feeling of being in the Forbidden City. The materials and materials used in your house are extraordinary. As usual, it can be used by the emperor today!"

Blackmail.

This bastard wants to blackmail!

Hu Chuyuan saw through it at a glance, sneered in his heart and said, "I'm afraid Lord Cao is wrong?"

Cao Jingwen found that Hu Chuyuan's momentum was actually more arrogant, and he was also snorting coldly in his heart, "How can I be wrong? I used to be an editor in the Hanlin Academy. In the past few years, I have seen the ups and downs clearly."

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Lord Cao, although the materials are exquisite, there is no clear stipulation in the court that the people can't use high-quality mahogany."

Cao Jingwen hummed, "Hu Qiwei, do you think I don't know that this middle hall is full of golden silk nanmu, which is the emperor's royal wood... Hu Qiwei, you are so bold that you are not afraid that I will play a copy of your house?"

Hu Chuyuan laughed, threw the tea cup in his hand on the table with a thump, and said, "Well, Lord Cao can play it, but I advise you to wait three years!"

"Wait for three years?" Cao Jingwen felt a little mysterious and asked, "Hu Qiwei, you seem to have something to say. Don't think that your Hu family is deeply valued by the court. You know some dignitaries, so you dare not to pay attention to the court officials. Since I took office, everything has been fair, and I have always regarded the law of the imperial court as the foundation of the world. Humph, you fold, I'm sure of it!"

The more he spoke, the more fierce he became.

Hu Chuyuan said, "Lord Cao, calm down and listen to me slowly. In the past few days, Lord Zhongtang insured the matchmaker for my third brother. He married the eldest daughter of the family of Lord He, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. His filial piety period was full, and he got married three years later. At least our Hu family is also a giant merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. We always want some face, so we told the governor to take this compound as a bride price. Lord Cao might as well wait until three years later to participate in the Governor's book, then it seems that you are fair and dare to speak!"

"Ah...?" Cao Jingwen was suddenly shocked and found that he had poked a hornet's nest.

He was shocked and afraid, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead. He hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve and smiled, "Captain Hu, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's a pure misunderstanding. I just said it casually. Don't pay attention to it. Let's just think that I didn't say anything just now, and you didn't hear anything!"

Forgive people and forgive others.

As the old saying goes, county officials are not as good as the current management. They really offended Cao Jingwen. There are no big things, but the little troubles are endless.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and was about to speak with a calm face. Another stewop hurried in and told him, "My boss, Lord Mei, the governor of Zhejiang, is here and he is in the sedan chair hall!"

"Ah!" Cao Jingwen was shocked again.

Hu Chuyuan and the housekeeper Wang Baotian said, "Let's welcome the guests!"

He got up immediately, and Cao Jingwen followed him out.

When several people arrived halfway, Mei Qizhao walked out of the sedan hall with Mei Qian and walked face to face.

Seeing Hu Chuyuan, Mei Qizhao arched his hand and smiled, "Chu Yuan, how have you been recently?"

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "To the blessing of Lord Mei, everything is going well. Lord Mei, please sit inside!"

Mei Qizhao nodded with a smile and asked Cao Jingwen, "Cao Zhifu, why are you here?"

"In reply to the governor, the subordinate is chatting with Captain Hu Qiwei here, which is purely a chat!" Cao Jingwen was shocked and scared, and his back was wet again. He understood more and more how big the hornet's nest he had poked.

Cao Jingwen was puzzled. Isn't Hu Xueyan dead? Isn't the Hu family separated? Didn't Zuo Zongtang leave? Ladies and gentlemen, what are you afraid of? If you want to knock, you can knock. If you want to cheat, you can cheat. How big is the fat water... You're welcome. You're welcome. How can I live?

Entering the middle hall, Hu Chuyuan invited Mei Qizhao to sit on the table. Of course, Mei Qizhao did not sit down. After all, he received such a great favor from Hu Chuyuan, which was equivalent to re-engineering.

He pushed Wan Rang forward, and finally sat in the guest seat. He asked Hu Chuyuan to sit on the host's seat and said with a smile, "Chu Yuan, you don't have to be so polite to me in the future. Do you need to talk about our friendship?"

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Of course, there is no need to say."

Mei Qizhao also smiled. He is the kind of person who is not very good at beating around the bush. If he can't say anything, he won't say anything. If he can say it, he will say it directly.

He looked at Cao Jingwen again and asked curiously, "Lord Cao, you are not here to chat. If you have anything, please talk to me!"

"This...!" Cao Jingwen hurriedly stood up from his seat again and said, "In return to the governor, the officer came to discuss with Lieutenant Hu to raise funds for the drainage of the canal. It's not a big deal!"

"Oh!"

Mei Qizhao smiled and said to Hu Chuyuan, "Chu Yuan, I'm also here to discuss this with you."

Hu Chuyuan said, "Your Excellency, please say it!"

Mei Qizhao nodded slightly and said, "After the suppression of the Mao bandits, due to the impact of the war, most of the canals in Hangzhou, Yanzhou, Jinhua and Quzhou were blocked by silt. The situation is serious and has endangered the planting of rice in spring and autumn in various places. It happens that the construction of the Hanhai Shitang has been completed, and the migrant workers are all there. There are still tens of thousands of taels left. I just want to use these people and money to dredge the canals of the four mansions, and I may have to raise an additional 120,000 taels.

Hu Chuyuan generally knew what Mei Qizhao meant and said, "Well, as a rich man in Zhejiang and the head of the local squire, I should do something for the people of Zhejiang. If the governor wants the local squire to collect donations, my family will donate 20,000 taels first, and finally there are some shortcomings. I will find another way!"

Cao Jingwen seized the opportunity and immediately laughed and said, "Hu Qiwei really lives up to his reputation. He has the style of his father's family. He is eager for justice and righteousness, which is very comparable. Cao admires him deeply..."

Before he finished speaking, Mei Qizhao gave him a cold look.

Cao Jingwen shrank his neck and retreated again, thinking, "What's wrong with you?"