Chapter 38 The Lord from the Capital
It was only later that she found out that although Gu Sang and Gu Da looked strong, they had never learned any martial arts.
Gu Feixue was very envious of the two people's uniquely strong genes.
With a physique like hers, she would never be able to compare with them without systematic exercise.
But exercising also requires a reason, otherwise it may arouse the Gu family's suspicion.
Now that Gu Tingchuan is unwilling to teach her, she can only become his disciple on her own.
Three days later, Gu Feixue was bored and went to find Gu Tingchuan to ask him to take her for a walk.
Ever since Gu Tingchuan came back from Yuchi Shuo three days ago and told Gu Lang what he had heard, Gu Lang and Wang Shi told her that she must call an adult or her brother when she goes out in the future, otherwise they would not let her go out.
After Gu Feixue's repeated requests, Gu Tingchuan finally agreed.
The two of them, together with Gu Sang and Gu Da, walked towards the main city street.
After walking half the street, Gu Feixue finally saw something new when she went to a teahouse to rest for a while.
I saw a scene of a vicious servant beating someone downstairs in the teahouse.
The protagonist who was beaten in this drama was Li Pengcheng, a close confidant of the Liangcheng prefect who had just been appointed a few days ago.
The previous one was replaced because of his outspokenness, and the new one seems to be a calm person.
At the door of the teahouse, a man with a face full of flesh and dressed very elegantly asked his servant to beat Li Pengcheng, muttering curses.
"I told you I won't sell you a single stone for less than twenty taels of silver! If you can't afford it, get out of here and don't waste your master Qian's time."
After saying that, the man ordered his servants to pick up weapons and hit Li Pengcheng. Even though Li Pengcheng was a steady man, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Gu Feixue in the teahouse was secretly calculating the accounts in her heart.
One shi is equal to ten dou, which is equal to one hundred liters. One liter of rice is about 1.5 jin of rice, which means that one shi is equal to about 150 jin of rice.
According to the market price of twenty cents per catty of rice before the disaster, one hundred and fifty catties of rice would only cost three taels of silver, which was enough for the middle class of that era to eat for a year. Those who were slightly worse off had to eat millet and sorghum.
I don’t know what kind of grain this person is selling now, but it’s probably not more expensive than rice.
However, he asked for a price that was more than six times the market price. It seemed that the other party must be one of the wealthy businessmen on the list.
Gu Feixue hated such unkind rich people the most. Not only did they not help others, but they also chose to take advantage of others' misfortunes.
So he immediately picked up a teapot, found a good spot on the teahouse, and poured it quickly and accurately on the head of the man who was shouting at the servant to beat him up.
The tea wasn't hot, of course, but the tea leaves in it were enough to make him look ridiculous.
"ah!"
There was a scream from below, but Gu Feixue flexibly stretched her head back, put down the teapot, and ran away with Gu Tingchuan, Gu Sang, Gu Da and others.
Besides, Qian Youliang, who was ordering his servants to beat someone, suddenly had a pool of yellow tea water poured on his head. Not only did his clothes get stained with yellow tea water, but his hair was also parted in the middle. His funny appearance instantly caused laughter on the street.
The servants hurriedly helped him brush off the tea leaves on his head, and Li Pengcheng was thus freed.
Seeing that the other party looked up and didn't find the culprit who threw the tea on him, and showed signs of wanting to vent his anger on him, Li Pengcheng left the scene with a cold look.
In the end, all that was left were a bunch of people watching the joke and Qian Youliang's angry roar like a pig being slaughtered:
"Who is it! Dig deep into the ground and find that daring person. I'm going to chop him into pieces!"
However, at this time, the instigator Gu Feixue had already brought people downstairs and pretended to be an innocent passerby.
Qian Youliang never imagined that the person who splashed tea on him was not the adult male he was focusing on checking, but a seven-year-old girl.
The four of them ran away from the teahouse and arrived at the prefect's villa. Gu Feixue still felt it was very exciting.
Of course, she remembered what someone on the street said. The man's name was Qian Youliang, the one who filled an entire restaurant with food last time.
It seems that her guess was correct. Buying food will be difficult.
The grain is more than six times more expensive. Even if you buy it, you may not be able to sustain the losses for long.
Thinking of Qian Youliang's domineering look on the street just now, Gu Feixue was still angry. After thinking about it, she slipped away to Yuchi Shuo's yard alone.
It happened that Yuchi Shuo was in the study, and Zhuifeng was guarding the door. She asked Zhuifeng to report to him, and only after getting Yuchi Shuo's consent was Gu Feixue able to see him.
"What brings you here?"
Perhaps because there was no one present, Gu Feixue didn't waste any words and went straight to the point:
"Is buying grain a problem? I can give you an idea that will definitely get some wealthy merchants to take out their grain on their own initiative. Of course, the requirement is that you act as an intermediary and connect me with Duke Zheng to learn martial arts."
What surprised Yuchi Shuo the most about these words was not that Gu Feixue had guessed the difficulty of buying food, nor that she could come up with a solution.
Instead, she actually wanted to learn martial arts from a master, and the master was General Zheng, Duke of Zheng.
"May I ask, Your Highness, why you wish to learn martial arts from Duke Zheng?"
Gu Feixue, however, looked nonchalant, "Of course it's for self-protection. Didn't you say Liangcheng is unsafe?"
Seeing her so righteous, Yuchi Shuo didn't do what he thought.
"I can agree to your request, but whether Duke Zheng will accept you or not depends on your own ability."
Gu Feixue naturally knew this, but she was not worried about it at all. After all, Duke Zheng probably wanted her to be his disciple more than she did.
Yuchi Shuo was just a cover, a reason for the Gu family to stop trying.
"Don't worry about that. Since you agreed, I can tell you the method directly."
Afterwards, Gu Feixue told Yuchi Shuo the specific method. The more he listened, the deeper his eyes became, revealing a deep luster.
Two days later, an official who was respected by many important figures suddenly came to Liangcheng.
No one knows exactly what rank he holds in the capital, but judging from the fact that the prefect of Liangcheng personally presided over the ceremonial guard to welcome him, and even General Zheng, the Duke of Zheng, who came to deal with the disaster in Liangcheng, came on horseback and saluted, it seems that the other party must be of great importance.
The gentleman sat in the sedan chair the whole time and never showed up, which was very mysterious.
He has been staying in the prefectural government's villa these days, and many gentry and wealthy businessmen have gone to visit him, but he has refused to see them.
It was said that this gentleman, like Duke Zheng, came to deal with the disaster, and for a time the people could not help but speculate about his identity.
Two days later, a piece of news suddenly spread among the people, that is, this gentleman did not come to the official career through ordinary means.
Legend has it that he was originally just a wealthy country gentleman and businessman. Because he presented the treasures from the Western Regions that he had obtained by chance to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so pleased that he appointed him an official.
What made many gentry even more excited was that it was said that this gentleman still had a treasure from the Western Regions in his hands.
Suddenly, more and more people were waiting outside the prefect's villa.
A day later, it was suddenly rumored that a local wealthy businessman had approached the prefect and finally met this mysterious man. He learned that he had come on the orders of the prince to resolve the disaster.
If someone can donate enough food to help solve the food problem, the other party will give him the treasures from the Western Regions.
By then, if the other party says a few good words in front of the prince, he will surely be given an official position and a higher rank, and even the prefect and general will be respectful to him.
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