Chapter 45: Making Trouble
Didn't even see her once? Zhao Yuanxi frowned.
After all, she took so much money, but her nephew didn’t even meet Gaosheng?
However, as an important official of the court and a favorite of the king, it seems understandable that he would be too lazy to see a small eunuch.
"Empress Dowager, I have found some rare seeds recently. Would you like to take a look?" Gao Sheng took out a small cloth bag from somewhere and presented it flatteringly.
Inside the cloth bag are various kinds of seeds in different sachets.
Zhao Yuanxi looked through the seeds and found sesame and fennel. He couldn't identify the other types for the time being, but they looked a bit like radish seeds.
Sesame can be used to extract oil and make desserts and pastries, and has high nutritional value; cumin can also be used as a seasoning and spice and has many uses.
Zhao Yuanxi began to miss the days when she could go out to eat skewers in the evening. She hadn't eaten grilled lamb skewers, grilled beef skewers, and grilled chicken legs for a long time!
Once sesame and cumin are grown, maybe I can try the difference between ancient barbecue and modern barbecue.
Gao Sheng carefully watched Zhao Yuanxi's expression, and when he saw the uncontrollable joy on her face, he knew that he had not sent the wrong gift.
"Thank you for your concern. Is there anything you want?" Zhao Yuanxi took the bag of seeds and asked with a smile.
"It is my blessing to be able to win the favor of the Queen Mother—"
Zhao Yuanxi chuckled, "No need to refuse. How about this? Anyone who finds rare new seeds will be rewarded with ten gold coins."
Gaosheng responded with thanks.
Less than two months after arriving in Yongcheng, Gao Sheng had saved nearly two hundred gold coins and was able to buy a nice property in Xianyang City. This was something he had never dared to imagine before, and his belief in following the Queen Mother became stronger and stronger.
There was a noise at the door—
"Who is the boss here?" A rough male voice broke the tranquility of the place, and the door was knocked open from the outside.
Gao Sheng quickly got up and went out to check the situation.
A man with a face full of flesh rushed into the yard, followed by many servants. Seeing that the yard was full of weaklings, he looked disdainful and said, "Why, you don't dare to come out?"
He raised his leg and kicked over the paper drying rack next to him. The whole row of racks fell down like dominoes, and the paper that had not yet dried was shattered all over the ground.
Gao Sheng raised his voice to stop them, "How dare you! Who are you to come here and cause trouble?"
The man with the thick face sneered when he saw Gao Sheng coming out, "You are the boss? Very good, I came here today to do business with you!"
"Doing business? Is this how you do business?" Gao Sheng suppressed his anger.
The man didn't feel guilty at all. "This place is all mine. I can do whatever I want with it! Here are ten gold coins. Take them and get out of here quickly."
Gao Sheng had made such a huge amount of money recently, and had just been rewarded with a hundred gold coins. How could he care less about this small amount of ten gold coins? Moreover, the other party was obviously here to cause trouble, so he naturally would not be polite. "Get out, or I'll call the police!"
"Hmph, if you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink the penalty! Come on, smash this place clean!"
The servants behind him started smashing things around in the yard after receiving the order. Gao Sheng wanted to stop them, but was suddenly knocked to the ground by the man, with blood all over his nose and mouth.
The man pressed Gaosheng to the ground and swung his fist as big as a sandbag to continue hitting him.
"Stop!" Zhao Yuanxi shouted harshly.
The man looked up at her with a sinister and cruel gaze, "Are you the owner of this place?"
He let go of Gao Sheng and looked Zhao Yuanxi up and down. "Old woman, why are you running out here instead of staying at home?"
Zhao Yuanxi's eyelids twitched and her fists clenched instantly. This was the first time she was called an old woman!
She's the youngest professor of our time! She's already won numerous awards in her thirties! Anyone who meets her will praise her for her youthful promise!
The rude stinky bear actually called her an old woman!
Although Zhao Ji was almost forty years old, she was once a rare beauty and was raised in wealth and luxury. She could not be called an old woman in any way!
Zhao Yuanxi was really angry. "Zhang Han, arrest him! Beat him up!"
The man then noticed that there was a dark-faced man behind the old woman. He couldn't help but feel a little timid. Thinking of the people above him, he straightened his chest and said, "Alright! Let me see how powerful you are."
The man fought with Zhang Han, and his servants also fought with the guards.
Although the man looked tall and strong, he was actually just an embroidered pillow. He was captured by Zhang Han in a few seconds. Zhang Han grabbed his head and slammed it twice on the ground, making him see stars.
Those servants were also subdued by the guards. Surprisingly, Du and Shan, who worked here, also captured a servant who was causing trouble.
Gao Sheng got up from the ground and saw the man pinned to the ground. He was so angry that he kicked him hard in the face, knocking out one of his teeth.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at the man struggling on the ground, his face bruised and swollen. "Tell me! Who sent you?"
The man spat out a mouthful of blood and glared at Zhao Yuanxi and the others fiercely, "Just wait, I won't let you go! Let me go if you dare! I have someone above me!"
"Zhang Han, continue!"
Zhang Han raised his fist and beat him again, making the man scream, "Stop it, stop it, you're going to kill me if you keep hitting me! I'm telling you, this is not enough!"
The man was crying so hard that his face was covered with snot, tears and blood.
"Laozi—I am Weiyang Jun's man. If you offend me, you will offend Weiyang Jun. Let me go!"
Zhao Yuanxi remembered that the Weiyang Lord of Qin was Ying Li, the uncle of Ying Zheng!
When did I offend him that he sent people to embarrass me?
The centralized system of the Qin State resulted in the Qin clan not having much real power in the Qin State. Although Ying Li was the nominal uncle of King Ying Zheng of Qin, he had no real power and only held the empty title of Lord Weiyang.
Zhao Yuanxi asked with some amusement, "Then do you know who I am?"
The man's eyes dodged. He was just a soldier following orders from others. He knew that the person here was Changping Jun, which had some connection with him. However, Changping Jun was just a descendant of the Chu people, and his status was equivalent to that of a hostage. How could he be better than his master?
If his master wants this paper mill, he must take it over.
Even if Changping Jun knew about it, so what? Could Changping Jun dare to bother the king for such a small matter?
Seeing that he was still arrogant, Zhao Yuanxi knew that he knew nothing. He said to Zhang Han calmly, "Send him to the government."
Hearing that he was going to be sent to the government, the man immediately became anxious, "How dare you! My master is Lord Weiyang!"
"Don't say that I'm just a servant of Lord Weiyang. Even if Lord Weiyang came in person today, I would still send him off!" Zhao Yuanxi smiled. Does she look easy to bully?
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