Steel Dynasty - Chapter 209

[Chapter 209 Old Friends]

“Your Highness, it’s me, Qin Rui.”

Qin Rui’s face was full of joy, and he walked towards Xiao Ming gently waving his paper fan, as if he was reunited with an old friend.

When Xiao Ming was hanging out in Chang’an City, there were still a few dudes with whom he had close friendships. Qin Rui was one of them. After five years of not seeing each other, Qin Rui’s appearance had not changed at all, and he still looked like he was being drunk. He looked hollowed out, but the dark circles under his eyes were heavier than before.

It seems that this kid has not changed his ways in the past five years.

When Qin Rui came over, Xiao Ming looked him up and down and said, “What a coincidence. I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

“It’s more than a coincidence, Your Highness, we are destined.” Qin Rui said with a smile, and then he He said with emotion: “It’s just that now that His Highness is the King of Qi, and the victory of Cangzhou has made His Highness famous all over the world, in comparison, a certain person pales in comparison in front of His Highness.”

“This is wrong. I said that back then, No matter where I am, I will always remember your benefits, so there is no need to talk about the great victory in Cangzhou at this time, there is no need for us to be so unfamiliar with each other,” Xiao Ming said.

These words made Qin Rui feel relieved, and he said: “His Highness’s words are not in vain. We were born and died with His Highness back then, going up sword mountains and under the sea of fire. Now that His Highness has returned, we still follow His Highness’s lead.”

This Qin Rui can speak eloquently. The so-called life and death, going up mountains of swords and seas of fire are just following Xiao Ming’s sensuality, bullying men and dominating women.

But of course he can’t mention the dirty things that happened back then. By saying this, he can make Xiao Ming remember the friendship between the two without making Xiao Ming angry.

The two talked for a while, reminiscing about old things. Qin Rui suddenly felt like he had returned to the past, and he gradually became as close to Xiao Ming as before.

He said: “Your Highness, every year at this time, we would accompany you to play at the Autumn Sun Festival. I didn’t expect that this time Your Highness will return to Chang’an. You and I have a good understanding of each other. We met again this time. I can’t believe that we are going to play together this time.” Have fun and go back.”

This time when Xiao Ming returned to Chang’an, one of his plans was to win over people he had good relationships with in Chang’an City.

Although these people are dandies among dandies, just like street gangsters, it has to be said that when they were thirteen or fourteen years old, this kind of friendship was actually deeper.

As the saying goes, we carried guns together and visited prostitutes together. The former is gone, but there used to be a lot of the latter.

The most important thing is that all these dandy boys have extraordinary backgrounds, otherwise they would not have the guts to do anything wrong in Chang’an City.

Therefore, for Xiao Ming, it is a safer step to regain the previous relationship in Chang’an City, which is much better than visiting his old foxes.

Besides, these dandy boys are now working in Chang’an City to some extent. For example, Qin Rui is working under his father Qin Chengming.

As the Shaofu Supervisor, Qin Chengming was in charge of the handicraft industries of Dayu, such as small-scale weaving, spinning, papermaking, etc.

For Xiao Ming, handicraft industry is his next step to revitalize Qingzhou’s economy. In the future, he will not have to deal with the young governor. After all, Qin Chengming has a lot of handicraft industry information in his hands.

These materials recorded almost all handicraft workshops, types, and geographical locations in Dayu. This information was very important to him.

Because he can easily grasp the current status of the handicraft industry in Dayu through this information, which is very important for the development of Qingzhou’s handicraft industry. After all, if you know your enemy and yourself, you will never be in danger.

“Of course, the most lively place in Qujiang Pool right now is the Poetry Club. It’s almost time now, let’s go in.” Xiao Ming said.

Qin Rui said: “Your Highness, wait, I will go and come back. Zhu Yushu and Du Boyuan are also coming with me. Your Highness, will you forget them?”

“The two of them are here too?”

Xiao Ming was pleasantly surprised. At this time, all the four great demon kings in Chang’an City were present.

“Of course, since Your Highness went to Qingzhou, the three of us have been together…” Qin Rui said, suddenly with a lewd smile on his face, Xiao Ming suddenly understood and laughed too.

“That’s great. Why don’t we let the two of them come over too.” Xiao Ming said.

Qin Rui nodded and ran away.

Only then did Xiao Ming think carefully about Zhu Yushu and Du Boyuan.

Among them, Zhu Yushu’s father was a censor, responsible for supervising all officials, accepting reports from all officials on behalf of Xiao Wenxuan, managing important albums and classics, and drafting edicts on behalf of the court.

Du Boyuan’s father was a lieutenant general in Yulin who was in charge of the security inside and outside the palace and was highly regarded by Xiao Wenxuan.

One of the two people has a loud mouth, and after all, he is the head of the public speaking officials. They are basically equivalent to the modern Discipline Inspection Commission. The officials are not big, but they are very scary. Pang Yukun was the public speaking official in Yushitai back then.

The other one is responsible for the safety of the palace, which is also very important. It is said that the princes have been vying to win over Du Boyuan’s father.

Controlling the safety of the palace is equivalent to controlling the lives of everyone in the palace.

However, because they are too sensitive, all the princes are cautious and don’t point out, because until now, Du Boyuan’s father, Du Heng, has remained relatively neutral.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming had to sigh that this might be the most correct thing that his predecessor Xiao Ming did, even if he did it unintentionally.

But Xiao Ming also knew that he only had a relatively good relationship with Du Boyuan and Zhu Yushu, and could not influence these two important officials.

But I am already close to the water and the first to get the moon.

Qin Rui walked for a while and soon brought two people over. One was tall and the other was short. The tall one was very thin and the short one was very fat. The tall one was Zhu Yushu and the short one was Du Boyuan.

“Your Highness, we really miss you.” The two were overjoyed to see Xiao Ming.

If they can play together, they must have similar personalities. Like Qin Rui, the two of them are bohemian and use exaggerated language.

“Pingshan, Hongzhi.”

Xiao Ming cupped his hands. Basically every scholar in the Great Chongqing Kingdom had a Chinese character, and Xiao Ming called them exactly that.

“Your Highness.” The two came to Xiao Ming, bowed and saluted, and then stood up. The four of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time, as if they were back in the past.

Zhu Yushu, like Qin Rui, pretended to be romantic with a paper fan, “I was telling Hong Zhi just now that I was going to visit His Highness, and I didn’t expect to meet him here. Now that the four demon kings of Chang’an are reunited, we might as well be here again.” There is a violent storm in Chang’an City. “

Ping Shan’s words are reasonable. It is fate for us to meet again with His Highness during this poetry meeting. Your Highness, in the past few years, we have been humiliated by these sour literati. Many times, and now that His Highness’s poems have spread throughout Chang’an, this time I will not hesitate to slap these scholars in the face to avenge us.”

Xiao Ming put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: “This is not easy, I will take it. Come and crash this poetry gathering.”

(End of chapter)