si-mexico Chapter 523 Fish Shop Owner
Chapter 523 Fish Shop Owner
When Emperor Qingning saw Zheng Qin, his eyes lit up: "This must be Master Zheng, right? He is such a handsome man."
Zheng Qin immediately knelt down and bowed to him: "I, Zheng Qin, greet your Majesty and the Queen Mother."
"No gift, no gift."
Emperor Qingning tried weakly to stop him.
Zheng Qin glanced at the bloody crotch of Emperor Qingning inconspicuously, and the handcuffs on the Empress Dowager's hands that could not be escaped. He frowned slightly. It seemed that the group of people were really fearless and arrogant.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please go inside and rest. It's not too late to talk about anything after you've rested. My manor is very safe. No one knows about it except the few people present here."
Zheng Qin asked a strong man to help Emperor Qingning into the house.
Jiang Wanyue helped the empress dowager into the house. When she passed by Zheng Qin, their eyes met. Zheng Qin smiled at her, and Jiang Wanyue lowered her head shyly.
After Jiang Wanyue entered the room, Zheng Qin looked at her slim figure and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
The good thing about traveling through time is that not only did he get a young person's body, but he also had a beautiful ancient woman secretly fall in love with him. In ancient times, it was legal to have three wives and four concubines... Zheng Qin was very excited just thinking about this.
Three years ago, he failed in a blind date and still hadn't found a wife at the age of nearly 40. His colleagues laughed at him, so he drank a little wine to relieve his boredom before driving the bus. Unexpectedly, the alcohol was quite strong and he had an accident on the road.
At the moment the car exploded, he thought he was going to ascend to heaven, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he was transported to ancient times and to the body of a young and handsome ancient youth.
This young man was a notoriously unfilial son from a fishing village near the coast of the East China Sea. He died after falling into a well while drunk and losing money in gambling.
A few days after Zheng Qin traveled through time, he was chased for debts by thugs sent by the gambling house.
Zheng Qin was a history and military enthusiast with a wide range of knowledge. He used sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal to make homemade explosives, which successfully frightened these ancient ruffians. He then recruited them to be his younger brothers and started the "donkey roll" business, which was loan sharking.
He lent money at high interest rates and recruited followers, becoming a village bully and his power gradually grew.
It is adjacent to the East China Sea and has unique geographical conditions for salt production.
Zheng Qin opened a shop in Xuncheng, Donghai. On the surface, he was the owner of the fish shop who led the whole village to sell fish, but secretly he smuggled salt.
Over the past two years, his business has grown bigger and bigger, and he has more and more subordinates. Zheng Qin is no longer content to make money in a corner of the East China Sea, so he wants to expand his business to Ancheng in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, after he arrived in Ancheng, he discovered that a man named Li Sicong had already seized all the opportunities to make a fortune in Jiangnan, and was working with the government to crack down on loan sharks. He had no way of doing anything when he brought his younger brothers here.
Li Sicong's various marketing methods have a strong modern flavor.
Several years have passed, and he can no longer remember the names of the students on the bus who returned to school to see their teachers. However, because the name Li Sicong was too easy to remember, he slowly remembered that this Li Sicong was one of the students on the bus.
When Zheng Qin arrived in Beijing to survey the situation, he saw shops selling Yiwu small commodities everywhere. Zheng Qin guessed that more than just him and Li Sicong had traveled through time.
The other people on the bus must have traveled through time as well, and among them, some are carrying golden fingers like the system mall in the novel.
These time travelers are all from the same class, so they must be a united force.
Moreover, Zheng Qin felt that these young people were quite idealistic. From the fact that they opened many schools and medical institutions to recruit children from poor families and encouraged women to enter officialdom, it seemed that they were intent on leading this feudal dynasty towards a new society.
This is inconsistent with Zheng Qin's philosophy. He has traveled back to ancient times, so why bother with modern democracy? He came to ancient times to be a king.
He definitely couldn't defeat these guys with golden fingers alone, so he had to find someone else to back him up. So he started investigating who the mortal enemies of these time travelers were, and he tried to win them over one by one.
If these people want to practice democracy, it will definitely infringe upon the interests of the old aristocracy. There is strength in numbers. The ancient natives are not necessarily inferior to these modern people. It’s just that the ancient people did not possess as much advanced knowledge as modern people. These ancient brothers of his are not familiar with literature and science, so he can teach them.
In addition, he also placed undercover agents in the escort agencies and trading companies under the control of these time travelers.
Zheng Qin originally wanted to develop slowly, but he never expected that something unexpected happened.
King Zhao, who had been in exile for three years, was coming back.
At first he didn't take this matter seriously until he discovered that these time travelers were secretly helping King Zhao and his family return to Beijing.
He knew that there must be a time traveler hidden among Prince Zhao's family.
After observation, he felt that the person most likely to have abnormalities was Jiang Lili, the wife of Prince Zhao.
So he found Jiang Lili's arch-enemy Jiang Wanyue and planned an encounter between them.
The Jiang family has a close connection with the emperor. Maybe he can get in touch with the emperor through Jiang Wanyue, first use the emperor to eliminate these time travelers, and then kill the emperor and become emperor himself.
Zheng Qin stood outside the courtyard for a long time, looking at the bright full moon in the sky. Now it was finally his turn to turn over.
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On the next morning, Emperor Qingning was awakened by the pain of his wound. As soon as he opened his eyes, he subconsciously wanted to call Zhou Jushan to serve him, and then call Doctor Qi to apply medicine to his wound.
He shouted weakly several times, looking at the simple room in front of him. An unfamiliar doctor came in carrying a medicine box, and Emperor Qingning realized that everything had changed overnight.
Zheng Qin followed the doctor into the house and said, "Your Majesty, this doctor is my confidant and has excellent medical skills. Let him apply medicine to your wound."
Emperor Qingning waved his hand to indicate his approval.
After taking the medicine, Emperor Qingning had his breakfast served, which included vegetable and lean meat porridge and rough-textured meat buns. He lost his appetite after taking a few bites.
These days in the palace, he often went to the Empress Dowager's palace for breakfast. With the presence of the chef brought by Hou Xiaoxiao, the meals were different every morning and tasted better than those prepared in the imperial kitchen. The bland breakfast now made him feel tasteless.
The Queen Mother on the other side felt the same way. She felt humiliated for no reason when she saw what Jiang Wanyue placed in front of her.
After all, the Jiang family is the Minister of Personnel, and Jiang Zhoulin has been an official in the court for twenty years. The emperor has never treated the Jiang family unfairly. But he actually prepared this kind of civilian food in the morning to fool them. He was relying on his merit in saving the emperor. Now he made this to remind them who their savior is?
Moreover, the bed she slept on yesterday was too hard. She was used to the Nanhai latex mattress sent by Hou Xiaoxiao, and she was not used to such simple conditions all of a sudden. She only missed the good things Hou Xiaoxiao had given her in the past.
The Queen Mother had a stern face and tried to speak calmly: "Wanyue, is there anything else prepared for breakfast?"