When Guan Shi Hu was stunned when he saw the riots at the entrance of the vegetable market, he saw a crowd of people around him, and a ox cart entered the vegetable market. However, what was not attracted to the crowd was naturally not the ox cart, but the things pulled on the cart.

"Qing...qingcai!" Seeing the things being pulled in the car, Manager Hu opened his mouth wide in shock. It took him a long time to react. He saw that the ox cart was neatly packed with green vegetables the size of human heads. Although this vegetable is quite eye-catching and big and bizarre, the taste is definitely not much different when it looks tender and tender.

"Quick! Go and ask, how do you sell the other party's vegetables?" Manager Hu suddenly woke up and yelled at the servant beside him. The appearance of vegetables in the vegetable market in winter will definitely attract countless people's madness, especially in this vegetable market, not only him is the buyer, but also many officials' purchasing agents are here. If they are slow, they may not even be able to grab a leaf.

The servants brought by Manager Hu were also very experienced. They immediately divided two people and rushed up. At this time, the other people who bought vegetables also woke up. They rushed up frantically, but they actually blocked the road ahead of the ox cart. Everyone waved their hands and asked the price loudly at the people in the cart. Some people even didn't even ask about the price and directly reported the number they wanted to buy. In the words of later generations, the scene was so popular.

Seeing so many people surrounding their carriage, the middle-aged man who drove the carriage stood up and smiled: "Don't be anxious. I'm the one below. The tenant is the tenant. This time, he was entrusted by all the tenants to sell cabbage that had been stored for many days. However, because the amount of cabbage is limited, in order to make more people eat cabbage, the prince's mansion set a rule for the villain, that is, each person can only buy one cabbage every day, 400 yuan per catty. If you think the price is fair, then go forward and pay the money to get the vegetables."

Wang Qi mentioned the Prince's Mansion several times in his words, which also showed the power behind him to the people around him. Don't underestimate this small vegetable market. In fact, there is a mixture of fish and dragons. If there is no backer, you don't want to be there at all, especially the cabbage brought by Wang Qi is a huge profit. If he has no background, he may be blackmailed by the gangsters in the vegetable market. He can't even make a profit if he makes the last penny.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Qigang revealed his identity, some of the people surrounding him immediately retreated. Even the butcher Xu was among them. Relying on his backer, this guy was domineering in the vegetable market and had always monopolized the transaction of expensive vegetables in the vegetable market. Now he saw someone actually transporting a truckload of vegetables at this time. This was simply robbing money from him, so naturally he would not let the other party sell the vegetables just like this. However, when he heard that Wang Qi was a tenant of the Prince's Mansion and was taken care of by the Prince's Mansion when he came, he would not dare to provoke such people, especially the Prince of Guangyang was notorious before. If he angered the other party, he would definitely not have any good results.

When they heard that each person could only buy one, most of the people who bought vegetables were a little dissatisfied. However, since this was the rule set by the Prince's Mansion, they had no choice but to rush forward to buy vegetables. Wang Qi's ox cart was not the only one, but also a few young men from Shangshui Village. At that time, the few of them started to work together and asked the guests to weigh the cabbage and collect the money.

As a result, in a short while, a cart of cabbage was sold out, and Wang Qi held the receipt given by the officials of each government. After all, a cabbage also costs several stagnant of copper coins, and no one would carry such heavy copper coins to buy groceries with them, especially those officials who were in charge of the officials who bought groceries. When buying groceries, Wang Qi and the others would just go directly to the government to collect money.

In addition, when selling vegetables, Wang Qi announced to the people who bought vegetables again that in the next period of time, they would bring a truck of cabbage to sell every day, and the rules were the same, and each person still had one tree every day. If you want to buy it, you had to queue up early. As a result, people who had cabbage were very excited after hearing about it.

The two servants sent by Manager Hu finally grabbed a cabbage with their hands and feet, which was very large. A cabbage can be at least three or four kilograms. Although it is not enough to have a standard of ten kilograms of fresh vegetables, this cabbage is not an ordinary fresh vegetable. Once taken back, it will definitely be greatly appreciated by the owner, so it is not harmful to have a few kilograms less.

At that moment, Manager Hu personally carried two cabbages and returned to the mansion with a happy expression. As a result, the manager in the kitchen saw that Manager Hu actually brought back two very rare cabbages. He was very surprised at the time. Speaking of which, Ouyang Xiu was from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, and many of the servants in the family brought them from his hometown. The manager in charge of the kitchen was one of them. So he recognized at a glance that Manager Hu brought the cabbage grown in his hometown, which made him very excited. Speaking of which, his husband had not eaten cabbage for many years. Now that he could eat a bite of his hometown dish in this cold winter, it was a thing worth being happy about.

Ouyang Xiu was also very upset during this period. The main reason was that the two people in the palace were in harmony. This time, Empress Dowager Cao was encouraged by the eunuchs around him and refused to hand over power. As a result, Zhao Shu was furious several times, but there was no way. After all, Empress Dowager Cao was the wife of Emperor Renzong, and Zhao Shu was not the biological son of Emperor Renzong, so he seemed a little confident when accepting the throne. Many ministers in the court were more willing to obey Empress Dowager Cao's orders, so unless Empress Dowager Cao took the initiative to hand over power, Zhao Shu had no choice.

Thinking of the impact of the conflict between the two palaces on the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, who had already gone to court, couldn't help but sigh. In fact, in his opinion, Empress Dowager Cao did a little too much this time. After all, Zhao Shu was also the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Before, he was in poor health, so Empress Dowager Cao temporarily managed the government. However, now that Zhao Shu's health has recovered, Empress Dowager Cao still controls the power, which is a bit suspicious of a woman's interference in politics.

"It seems that I have to come forward to persuade the Empress Dowager!" Ouyang Xiu, who was sitting in the study, suddenly said to himself that as a political magistrate, he had the responsibility to resolve the dispute between the two palaces. He also knew that Empress Dowager Cao was not an unreasonable person. As long as he could clearly analyze the interests of the matter, he should be able to convince the other party to delegate power.

Thinking that if he could persuade Empress Dowager Cao and let Emperor Zhao Shu truly take charge of the imperial power, the power transfer in the Song Dynasty would finally be on the right track. He was worried about Renzong's lack of a son for many years, but now he finally came to an end. This made Ouyang Xiu feel a little better. He looked up accidentally and saw a painting hanging on the wall next to the desk.

I saw a few young scholars on this painting gathered together for a lively discussion, which looked very lively. In addition, the painting style is extremely realistic, and the expressions and movements of everyone on the painting are extremely clear. The scenery and characters on the painting are more like bulging on the paper. This is the painting that Zhao Yan painted when he participated in the Xiyuan Elegant Collection.

When Ouyang Xiu saw the painting hanging next to the desk, his face also showed a bit of complexity, especially when he thought that the painting was from Zhao Yan's hand, Ouyang Xiu's face showed a mixed look.

When Ouyang Xiu's granddaughter Ouyang Wanling brought back the painting by Zhao Yan and told him about Zhao Yan winning the first place in the Xiyuan Elegant Collection. Later, he even beat Wang Shi. As a result, Ouyang Xiu was also shocked. He never expected that the painting he had been buying at a high price before was actually made by Zhao Yan.

Originally, Ouyang Xiu had no good feelings for Zhao Yan because of Ouyang Wanling. Even when he first heard the paintings from Zhao Yan, he even wanted to tear the paintings in his hand. However, when he heard Ouyang Wanling talk about Zhao Yan's son-in-law Wang Shi for his sister Princess Bao'an, Ouyang Xiu was also stunned. He has always been a person with a temperament, and he agreed with Zhao Yan's angrily beating Wang Shi regardless of his identity. It can be said that it was precisely because of this incident that Ouyang Xiu's impression of Zhao Yan changed a little, and he even accepted the paintings sent by Zhao Yan through Ouyang Wanling.

However, although Ouyang Xiu accepted Zhao Yan's paintings, in his heart, Zhao Yan is still a talented but not virtuous person, and the painting path is just a small path. No matter how excellent Zhao Yan is in the painting path, he will only be an excellent painter in the future and cannot be compared with those of them. For example, scholars can be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but with Zhao Yan's identity, it is impossible to make any contribution to the Song Dynasty.

But what happened next was even more unexpected to Ouyang Xiu. He did not expect that His Majesty would let Zhao Yan serve as an advisor in the reorganized military weapon prison. What he did not expect was that a few days ago, Zhao Yan actually designed a weapon called a crossbow. This weapon combines the power of the bed crossbow with the firearm, and its lethality is extremely amazing. It is no exaggeration to say that if this kind of crossbow is used properly, it can definitely reverse the unfavorable situation in the military of the Song Dynasty.

Thinking of the crossbow designed by Zhao Yan and the rumors about Zhao Yan's personality change over the past period, Ouyang Xiu's expression was even more complicated. Later, he thought that his granddaughter Ouyang Wanling's reputation was ruined by Zhao Yan, which led to her not being able to marry until now. If Zhao Yan could have half of the performance at that time, maybe Ouyang Xiu would marry Ouyang Wanling directly to Zhao Yan. Unfortunately, Zhao Yan is now married, so his granddaughter can't be a concubine for Zhao Yan, right?

"It seems that Wanling still has no chance with Zhao Yan, otherwise this would be a good marriage!" Ouyang Xiu finally sighed and said to himself.

At this moment, an old servant suddenly whispered outside the study: "Master, dinner is ready, madam and the others are waiting for you to have a meal." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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