Comeback (fourth)

"Mr. Guo, I have been disturbing you for more than 20 days. I am afraid that I will not cause trouble for you anymore. I hope you will allow me to say goodbye." In the back garden of the Peking Mansion, Gao Deyong, who was so fat that he could hardly breathe, and a black-faced man came from afar, stood up and bowed and resigned.

The day after Li Shanping disappeared, Gao Deyong was invited by Guo Pu to have a banquet. The same party also included Ye Fengsui, a black-faced man who brought a group of people to rescue Li Shanping that night, as well as Xu Zhichen and Zhang Zhengwen, the leading figures in the business world in Peking. Others said goodbye after the banquet, but they were only hospitalized by the governor's envoy, which lasted for more than twenty days. The two of them resigned every day, and Guo Pu kept them warmly every day. Both of them had practiced some martial arts and wanted to leave without saying goodbye. However, Guo Pu had already borrowed a team of musket soldiers to surround the Bu government on the grounds of ensuring the safety of the governor's envoy. Now, even a sparrow could not fly out around the Bu government, let alone Gao Deyong's 300-pound pounds.

The governor Guo Pu was polite to the two, afraid that they would be "worrying" about family affairs, so he sent someone to bring back the news from outside as usual every day. Ye Fengsui was fine. It was nothing more than those subordinates of unknown origin who had conflicts with someone on the street today and were injured three times. Tomorrow, they were seen by the patrol soldiers and arrested them in prison. Gao Deyong's business was messed up, and those who could get on the table and those who couldn't get on the table were all decided by him. When the family was not around, the nine wives and one proposition was one, and no one could make the decision. He asked someone to send a few orders from the governor's government, but because of the "bad memory" of the message, he passed on "recruiting labor" into "abundance of virtue and doing good deeds", and "raising interest" into "slowing collection of accounts", which made Gao Deyong's face tremble with fat. He begged Guo Pu to allow him to go home every day.

"What, can I not be so idle?" Guo Pu asked with a hospitable look on his face and regretfully. The three of them played this game of farewell and staying guests every day, changing their patterns every day, and enjoying it.

"How dare you, how dare you? It's just that I have something to do at home and want to go back and have some trouble. I'll come and disturb you some other day."

"It's almost autumn. What big thing can happen? Why not appreciate my garden? It's been so many days, and you two haven't seen it carefully."

The Bu government was the private residence of the prince of the Yuan Dynasty, with a large area. Guo Pu liked plainness. After moving in, he demolished all the exaggerated arrangements and installed some practical things such as windmills and fountains. The garden lost its original luxury, but instead showed some exquisiteness in simplicity.

"The layout is rigorous, the main and the secondary are clear and changeable. There are gardens in the garden and scenery outside the scenery, which are exquisite and deep. Although there are many buildings, there are no congestion. Although the mountain pool is small, it is not difficult to find it cramped. The place where Master Gongzheng lives is of course the first garden in Peking. It is just that this garden is used as a prison, which is a bit too unsightly." The black-faced man Ye Feng replied angrily. With his martial arts, it is not difficult to capture Guo Pu, the scholar as a hostage, as a hostage. The problem is that he has tear his face and can never come to Peking to buy things again. Moreover, once Master Gongzheng takes a serious look, his brother named Cao is not easy to mess with. He walks on the sea and hits the navy one day. So he has been tolerant and finally see what the master Gongzheng sells in the gourd.

"Prison, Brother Ye is joking. Do I have the freedom to restrict you? Come on, please comment on the scenery here, further the mountains and rivers are revived, and the sea is wide and the sky is wide. My garden is deeply rooted in the ancient charm of Jiangnan." Guo Pu pretended not to hear Ye Fengsui's complaints, and took the two of them in the deep garden. While walking, he talked about elegance with them. When the person who didn't know the details, he really thought that a distant guest had just arrived and the owner watched the scenery with them.

A few acres of small gardens are like quatrains of poems and small words, which are interesting. They are almost always combing bamboos and shaping shadows on the waves, and a tree of osmanthus leaves fragrance to the water. Gaodegong is a person who likes art and elegance, but he is not distracted by this good scene. He shouted angrily: "Mr. Guo, what do you want me to do? Both of me are businessmen who comply with merits and law-abiding, but you have been placed under house arrest here for no reason. The master is a parent official in four provinces. Is it illegal to enforce the law?"

"The law enforcement is violated, Brother Gao is serious. The streets of Beiping are too chaotic nowadays. I am worried that you will not let you live in my house. On the day when Mr. Li Shanping and Lord Li was the only witness present, how could there be any mistakes? If I remember correctly, Brother Gao invited Mr. Zhongyong to have a meal the day before the accident and talked about a transaction at the banquet. What is the content of the transaction? Brother I don't want to tell me, and Guo didn't force me. But you can't say that Mr. Li's disappearance has nothing to do with you."

The two were silent. Guo Pu would go around here these days. But neither of them could explain it clearly. Ye Fengsui had worked hard to save Li Shanping. Why did he and his subordinates arrive at the scene with weapons when something happened? Who can guarantee that there was no relationship between him and the assassin? Besides, no matter what business he did, there was no need to carry swords all day long. Gao Deyong had a business talk with Li Shanping the day before the incident, and he was angry and motivated to kill the officials because of his anger. Gao Ji's business name was not good at first. Although he did business allowed by the government, who would infer the act of leniency and reselling the people who were good at raising money. In other words, Guo Pu's case, such a big thing was to put the two under house arrest in the name of treating guests. If he met an unreasonable official and wanted to be a guest, he would be particularly kind to blame the two.

"You have a word of official, whatever you say. I am grateful to you for thinking so much about me. I am inconvenient to tell you some things, so please forgive me. It is safer to live in you, but our business is a loss of thousands of taels every day, so please ask the adult to open a message and let me meet their respective subordinates and arrange the business. I will accept the love of my elders." Ye Feng thought for a while and bowed his hand again.

"Yes, yes, we have difficulties. I, Gao Deyong, can swear to the heaven that I was not doing the hijacking Lord Li. Gao has an industry worth more than 100,000 taels in Peking. After running away from the monks, I can't run away from the temple. The adults will give high a hand and ask me to handle the private matter. After Gao has finished handling it, he will come back and listen to the teachings of the adults." Gao Deyong knew that the things were getting worse and worse. After so many days, the stock market has been declining. There is still a large amount of stocks in his hand. I don't know if it has turned into waste paper. I feel soft and may not be able to find it back in the future. Doing business depends on the long term.

"It's easy to say, I'll arrange your subordinates to come to see you tomorrow. These days they are waiting outside my governor's yamen, and they are exhausted." Guo Pu was obviously in a good mood today and agreed very happily. Turning over a small bridge and coming to the pavilion of a rockery in the pond, Guo Pu asked the two to sit down and asked the followers to build a pot of tea. The rockery was arranged beautifully, and they specially added soil to the stones and planted some painted bamboos. The lotus pods in the pond were first formed, like green marinades emitting a faint fragrance.

"The bamboo is not intent, and branches and leaves are growing outside the joints. The lotus root has holes, and there is no dust in the chest." He picked up the teacup and gently blew the leaves floating on it. Guo Pu took a sip and thoughtful. After a while, he sighed and said quietly: "The two of you say that the word "official" is open, and you have never been reasonable. Guo has been an official for so many years, but he only thinks that this official should be a young man hired by the people. If you take the money, you have to take care of his affairs. No matter how much your salary is, it will not be enough.

I am sorry for this salary even if I try my best. Although you two are not locals, when you come to my land and pay taxes, I have to be responsible for you. Do you think the court will let you go so chaotic outside, let alone you two, I, the government, have people staring at every move. Now the court is just asking them to jump again and see clearly where the mastermind is. Autumn is coming soon, and it is time to calculate the general account of this year."

"This..." Gao Deyong and Ye Fengsui looked at each other, and they were both stunned. According to Guo Pu's statement, in the past twenty days, the entire Peking servants, the constables and the Jinyiwei in the capital must have been idle and have been looking for the key to solving the problem. Guo Pu put them under house arrest, preventing them from starting any action, and actually avoiding the two from standing in the wrong direction because of greed for small profits.

Whether they appreciate it or not, they have to pretend to be in front of each other. The two stood up at the same time and bowed and said, "Thank you for your care. If you use it in the future, I will do my best."

Guo Pu glanced at them and knew that they might not be convinced. He waved his hand to signal the two to sit down, tasted a few sips of tea, and said slowly: "It's not considered care. There is a saying that fishing without drying up the lake and hunting without burning the forest. Everyone wants to make money, but they should not be too short and do not follow the rules of making money. In terms of capital, the Zhang family, the Yang family, and the Xu family are not as valuable as you, but why don't they make money in a ignorant way? Because they know that if everyone doesn't take the rules of Beijing seriously, money will be made, and the people will run away. I know how many big men in the court are waiting to see the jokes of the new policy, which angered the emperor, stopped the new policy of Beijing, sealed the customs, and broke up. I see where you can make money. Besides, what you want to buy may not be able to buy from Peking."

With a "slam", Ye Fengsui accidentally hit the teacup on the ground and smashed it to pieces. He quickly lowered his head to pick it up. Gao Deyong was more calm than him, put away his dirty face with a smile, and said carefully: "Can you, Lord Gong Zheng know what we want to buy?"

"It's not just that you know what you want to buy, but the group of people who hijacked Zhongyong Hou left the drainage ditch. Guo's actions are convenient for the people, but they are actually exploited by such dirty people. Humph! Brother Gao, did I call you Arseleng (Mongolian, lion) and you or Gao Deyong? You are very capable. You can still get news from my mansion to ask your girl Qing'er to go to the capital to avenge you. If you want to make the matter big, you will probably arrive in the capital soon according to your calculations. Hi, look at my memory, I forgot to tell you that she is eager to save her master, and she was guided by the master on the way to Henan to find the imperial envoy Wu'anguo. If it weren't for your trouble, Wu'anguo, the Marquis of Pingliao, wouldn't have found an excuse to come to Peking as soon as possible."

The air in the hall quickly condensed into ice, and there was no wind in the pond. The lotus leaves cast green shadows on the water like jade carvings. Gao Deyong picked up the tea bowl and sent it to his mouth. The lid of the tea bowl collided with the mouth of the bowl, but it couldn't be sent to his mouth. Ye Fengsui had already jumped out of the table, standing one step away from Guo Pu, and put on a pose of a goshawk and a rabbit, ready to go. No one expected that the governor, who usually seemed too lazy to show his face, was so cunning, and everything he had in his control. These days, he had been quarreling with Guo Pu every day, holding a glimmer of hope of getting away with it. Now it seems that from beginning to end, he was led by the governor.

Guo Pu looked at Ye Fengsui, then looked at Gao Deyong, who was covered in sweat, smiled faintly, turned around and said to the follower who was nervously holding the pistol at his waist, saying, "Go and ask someone to change the tea wrist for Brother Ye, otherwise he would rob me of my tea. He is the eldest son of the Nanyang Sea Bonito (now part of Malaysia) who is the water and land green forest chief. He has come thousands of miles away, so people can't even drink water."

The follower looked at Ye Fengsui with concern and looked at Gao Deyong. He muttered his lips and did not move. These two guys are so big, so the governor is really brave. It is no wonder that he had the reputation of donating county magistrates in the past. Guo Pu gently pushed him and smiled and said, "Go, Mr. Ye and Mr. Gao are both steady people. You know the depth and shallowness, so you don't have to worry about me."

Watching the followers leave reluctantly, Guo Pu turned around and nodded at Ye. The two of them in Gao nodded and smiled, "Are you still afraid that I, a scholar who has no power, will eat you? Sit down, sit down, don't you want to do business? Everyone might as well be more sincere and talk about each other's prices. For me, I welcome any serious business, as long as I don't break the rules of Peking."

Under the deliberate construction of the master, the atmosphere was slightly eased. Ye Feng thought about Guo Pu's words and thought it made sense, so he put away his fist in disappointment. Gao Deyong simply put the teacup on the table and defended with a blank face: "Kao now understands Mr. Guo's quietness and inaction. The so-called governance by inaction is probably within your rules. In addition to the rules, Mr. Guo's methods are really admirable. I do have the title of beauty, but it is just a false title.

It was Han people for generations, and it was indeed just a businessman. He was named Mongolian just for the convenience of walking in the Western Regions. The things that Timuer had been entrusted to buy were not bought, and the adults did not have any evidence of trading, so it was not considered a violation of your trading rules in Peking. Adults are not corrupt officials, and they cherish their reputation. I believe they can't just get a crime for them." After that, spread their hands and leaned back, and looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"I bought nothing except serious business and asked nothing. Lord Guo wanted to deal with Ye, but Ye had no choice but to admit defeat." Ye Fengsui saw Fatty Gao playing tricks, so he certainly could not fall behind. He sat on the stone chair and leaned his head to the back of the chair. Anyway, he couldn't escape, so he might as well look at the other party's trump card.

Guo Pu was amused by the two of them's lazy appearance, and said helplessly, "It seems that this good official cannot be regarded as. The words are so worth it. Let's not go around in circles. You have what I want and what you want~ As long as you can afford the price, I may not be willing to sell it. But then again, everyone needs to show some sincerity in their business. There is a saying by the Mongolians that the grassland is boundless, and if you are a hero, don't fight in the nest.

The family joined forces to turn the whole world into our pasture. Mr. Ye’s ancestors were great heroes in fighting against Mongolia. Are the men on the sea less in the eyes than the Mongolians, and they just stared at the savings of their own tribesmen? Mr. Gao’s friend, the lame man, is also a hero. He puts the fertile Persian land and the uninhabited Delhi to conquer the Mongols, but comes to stir up the Mongols’s mixed waters? Will Torgus Timur give the benefits to his grassroots family of unknown origin?"

Gao Deyong knew that he had no trump card in his hand that could threaten the other party. Guo Pu knew that his origin was clearly understood. Ye Fengsui also understood that he would not make any profit in front of this governor. If he was not serious, he would probably not even have room for negotiation. Now that Guo Pu said that he could consider selling the things he needed to the two of them, he was overjoyed and naturally knew it better.

"Temur is a newly emerging Mongolian hero in the Hezhong region..." Gao Deyong slowly revealed the details of himself and Timur. Timur was born in the Balus tribe of Thirstone City (i.e. Greentown) south of Samarkand. He was a talented man. When he was a teenager, he failed to compete with his uncle for the chief of the Balus tribe. He fled to the death of Idea (Part Khan). On the way, the caravan was shot by the caravan bodyguard and almost died in the desert. Gao Deyong picked him out of the sand pit and asked the doctor to treat him. After the injury was healed, Timur dragged his lame leg and said he would give him a chance to save his life in the future.

Goodwill. A few years later, Gao Deyong went to the Western Regions again and found that the former cripple had become the regent of the Hezhong region and became the direct descendant of the golden family Genghis Khan and Chagatai. With his businessman's mind, how could he not seize this opportunity to meet? Although Timur had betrayed his allies repeatedly, he was very polite to his life-saving benefactor and immediately gave Gao Deyong the Yan to avoid all the taxes he had passed by the Hezhong region this time. Saving Timur was one of the few kind things Gao Deyong did in his life. Speaking of which, he spitted out the stars and gradually forgot the nervousness he had just passed.

A year ago, Timur sent someone to find his friend and spent a lot of money to ask him to acquire twenty new artillery and shells in the Central Plains. He promised that after the matter was completed, Gao Deyong, the land under Timur, could freely travel and no one could collect taxes from him. Gao Deyong agreed to him, so he lived in Peking for a long time to find an opportunity. Unexpectedly, Li Shanping was assassinated when he finally met Li Shanping.

"I asked Timur, he had no intention of attacking the Ming Dynasty, and he also wanted to get the Ming Dynasty enthronement to deal with the Golden Horde. Now I bought cannons because of the indestructible castles headed by Kara Ischevde in the Persian region." Gao Deyong introduced Timur's deeds, looked at Guo Pu's face, and added carefully.
Chapter completed!