Chapter 274 Saturn is alive

Chapter 274 Saturn is alive

Wei Jing, Dongjing Lane.

After Cheng Ling was appointed an official in the capital, he bought a small house with a second entrance in Dongjing Lane under the introduction of Guan Ya.

Theoretically, Cheng Ling is now a fifth-rank Beijing official, and he can actually buy a third-tier mansion, but in fact things are not that easy.

The capital is big and living is not easy, not only because of the high prices, but also because sometimes no one can bid for a house in a good location, but it is impossible to buy it!

Dongjing Lane is located in the eastern district of the capital, not far from the Sansi. Whether riding a horse or taking a sedan chair, it will not take long to reach the Sansi official office and the imperial palace.

In this kind of area, people who live here are either courtiers or nobles. No matter how bad they are, they have to be relatives.

Cheng Ling was able to buy a second-entry small house in Dongjing Lane through Guan Ya, thanks to the fact that she was promoted directly by the emperor, so Guan Ya sold her face and gave her convenience.

If you want to live more spaciously, then outside of this area, it is not impossible to buy a big house in the outer city.

But there is no need for that, two entry and three entry are now just a transition. For now, Xiao Zhaizi is more convenient.

Cheng Ling brought a total of ten people with him when he came to Beijing this time, all of them rough men. After the house was bought, Cheng Lingdan lived in the backyard, while Yang Lin, Hong Feng and others lived in the front yard.

Two or three people share a room, as much as possible.

Cheng Ling was appointed an official, and Hong Feng and others became officials again. However, Cheng Ling has no serious errands to assign to them for the time being, so the current main task of Hong Feng and others is to walk the streets, with one purpose: to get familiar with the capital.

Not only to be familiar with the terrain, but also to be familiar with the customs, scenery, and characters of the capital.

As the so-called know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles, and let’s not talk about those who won’t fight. In short, you must get familiar with this place first.

All kinds of news have to be inquired. From top to bottom, there must be an own information network, so that we can have a countermeasure for everything at any time.

Hong Feng has now become a good scout for news. He was born in the market, and he likes to make friends of all kinds. Whether it is a waiter in a restaurant, a thug in a venue, or a young man from a wealthy family buying, Hong Feng can naturally make friends on the line.

The news of the Southern Expedition spread throughout the upper echelons of the capital, but from Hong Feng, Cheng Ling could also hear all kinds of gossip from various households.

For example, Mr. Xie, the imperial envoy of Zhangtai, seems to be a majestic figure, but he is actually afraid of internal affairs. It is said that his wife is nearly one round younger than him, an old husband and young wife, but his wife is a Hedong lion.

For another example, the servant Cui Kai is so powerful that even the stewards under his family have to be respected as a master when they walk outside.

A certain steward of Mrs. Cui’s family just married the daughter of a small family in the outer city as the eighth concubine a few days ago, but he is very envious of others.

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It has to be said that at any time, the gossip among the market is always more widely and faster than the serious news from above.

According to what Cheng Ling saw, Cui Kai was meek and gentle in front of the emperor and his colleagues. As a result, outside, it turns out that Cui Kai is a powerful official?

Hehe, regardless of the truth, this person must have many faces!

On this day, when Cheng Ling came back from duty, Hong Feng came to Cheng Ling excitedly, but handed out a post, saying: “Mr. Lang, this is a post from Master Zhang’s family for offering sacrifices to the Imperial College.”

Guozijian offering wine to Zhang Dianchen?

Of course Cheng Ling recognized this person. After all, Zhang Dianchen was a frequent visitor to Wei Huang’s fishing clubs, and recently Cheng Ling was always called by Wei Huang to go to fishing clubs when he was on duty.

As a close minister of the emperor, he has gained the honor of the emperor, and has become acquainted with such high officials.

Cheng Ling took the post and asked, “Did the person who sent the post have something special to say?”

Hong Feng hurriedly said: “I said I got a strange stone, and I invite my friends to share it.”

Cheng Ling’s eyebrows moved slightly, and he immediately felt very interesting. Not to mention the strange stone appreciation, are she and Zhang Dianchen friends? If they met each other and she saluted Mr. Zhang, if they were friends, then forget it.

Immediately afterwards, Hong Feng said again: “Mr. Lang, Da Zhu and Er Mao have heard a lot of news about you outside recently.”

Cheng Lingqi said: “What?”

“It’s only recently.” Hong Feng said, “I heard that some folks call you the Bodhisattva of Saturn!”

what? What?

Cheng Ling hesitated a little, but felt even more surprised.

I only heard Hong Feng continue: “We brothers walk in the market, the small stalls, the teahouses, and the bookshops. Recently, many people are talking about your “Nongsang Shiji”, saying that this book you wrote contains Her fertilizer recipe is really useful!”

“Nongsang Shiji” has been promoted for more than two months, and it can be said that the capital is close to the water. If the surrounding farmland is said to have used more advanced fertilizers, it should be able to see the effect by now.

However, although an agricultural book will definitely have influence, it is so big that it becomes the “Jingshi Toutiao”. Is this normal?

Especially, when the emperor handed over the book to He Han to promote it, although He Han acted quickly, he only pushed the book, but he didn’t specifically mention the author of the book.

In fact, when He Han pushed the book, he even deliberately reduced the presence of the author of the book and concealed it.

I don’t know, if this book is written by the imperial court, why would I pay attention to the author Cheng Ling?

What’s more, shouldn’t everyone’s focus at this time be on the Southern Expedition?

Of course, the news of the Southern Expedition is only circulating in the upper echelons, and the market doesn’t know—no, even if there is no definite news, there should be some clues, guess what?

Could it be… At this moment, Cheng Ling thought a lot.

And that night, an old friend’s sudden visit solved Cheng Ling’s doubts.

Xiao Man came here quietly, without accompanying guards, he didn’t even go through the main entrance, but in the middle of the night when the whole street was quiet, he suddenly came to the small gate in the backyard of Cheng Zhai.

Boom boom!

Two stones knocked lightly on the small door. Cheng Ling lived in the backyard. He immediately got up with his clothes on, pushed open the door, showed his lightness, came to the small door in the backyard, and asked, “Who?”

Xiao Man said: “Brother Cheng, it’s me.”

Cheng Ling quickly opened the door and welcomed him in.

Xiao Man was dressed in black, like a ray of sharp wind in the middle of the night, with a bit of night dew, and came to Cheng Ling.

There is an osmanthus tree by the east wall of the backyard, under the osmanthus tree there are stone tables and chairs, Cheng Ling closes the small door, and invites Xiao Man to sit by the stone table and chairs.

Xiao Man cut straight to the point, without any delay, and said directly: “Brother Cheng, I occasionally feel dizzy recently, and there is a sense of resentment in the trance, which often hits my heart and is hard to suppress.”

What? what? What?

(end of this chapter)