Chapter 113 Fifty Birthday
"This is our family's fiftieth birthday, and all the clan leaders and gentlemen will appreciate it!"
Under the dim light, Liu Chengen looked at the representatives of the eight aristocratic families in front of him with a smile, and said grimly: "It's our fiftieth birthday. If anyone doesn't let our family have an easy time, then our family will never let him have an easy time!"
"The eight major merchants, aristocratic families, and landowners must have their heads come forward. If there is no head of the family, the eldest son or grandson will come forward. Our family must also be lively and lively, cluck..."
"Go down and bring our words!"
"No...No!"
Several representatives of the eight major mergers and acquisitions were so frightened that they quickly retreated and took Liu Chengen's words back to their respective masters.
They are just errands, and all decisions are still made by the heads of the families.
When Bada Merger received the news from his subordinates, he immediately flew into a rage and smashed all the antique vases at home.
The good-tempered ones also rolled their eyes in anger and summoned the key members of the family to discuss the matter.
In their opinion, what Liu Chengen did was still because he wanted money!
Two million silver cannot satisfy this old eunuch's appetite.
Isn't he afraid that the ministers of the DPRK will consult him?
Soon, the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China exerted all its efforts to contact officials from the DPRK and China.
One-third of the court officials were persuaded by them, and a large number of memorials flew towards the cabinet like rain.
Even among the five ministers in the cabinet, two of them kept asking to see His Majesty.
Unfortunately, they were all blocked by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Your Majesty, you are practicing immortal magic and no one can be seen!
In desperation, one piece of news came back to Mergers and Mergers.
Some people even directly named them and asked them to spend money to buy peace.
Liu Chengen, an old eunuch who had been angry at the palace all his life, finally ran out of the palace to go on business, so why not seize the time to do a good search?
It's also your bad luck to be attracted by him.
Besides, Liu Chengen is favored by His Majesty, and His Majesty is nowhere to be seen now, so he is so confident.
After the news came back to Bingzhou, the eight major merchants in Bingzhou were immediately speechless and could only gather together helplessly.
On this day, the eight major merchants in Bingzhou sent their main figures to gather at the Wang family in Datong.
As one of the aristocratic families, the Wang family is also the leader of the eight major merchants in Bingzhou. The entire mansion occupies almost one-third of Datong County, with thousands of houses in a row, and it is extremely prosperous.
There is a ballad jokingly saying: The East China Sea lacks a white jade bed, so the Dragon King comes to invite the King of Datong; the white jade is used as hall gold for horses, and the pearls and embroideries are used as treads.
It can be seen that his family is rich and his wealth can rival that of his country!
"The third uncle in the imperial court has received news that His Majesty is nowhere to be seen, and those ungrateful eunuchs from the Supervisor of Ceremonies still remain in the center and do not take us seriously at all!"
In the Wang Family Ancestral Hall, more than a dozen old and middle-aged people sat together and discussed something in a very heated tone.
"Your Majesty is so confused! What kind of immortality can you cultivate at such a young age? You are so confused that you let a group of eunuchs ride on the heads of the ministers in the court!"
"The most damning thing is that the group of partisans gathered in front of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and actually dared to resist the cabinet!"
"Eunuchs! These damn eunuchs!"
"No matter what, what we are discussing today is to come up with a charter..."
"Mr. Wang, do you think...?"
The other heads of the Eight Great Mergers all looked at the old man who headed them.
The old man at the head was gray-haired and wrinkled, but his eyes were very deep.
He said quietly: "What are you afraid of? It's just an old eunuch."
"So what about the eunuchs? This world will always belong to our family!"
"Old Mrs. Wang has a clear warning!"
Many family heads immediately handed over their hands.
The old Mrs. Wang in front of me is none other than Wang Zhonghe, the ancestor of the Wang family in Datong today!
Wang Ze, one of the assistant ministers of the DPRK cabinet, was the third son of this man.
Wang He, another cabinet minister, was also his nephew.
It can be said that the Wang family alone occupies two seats in the cabinet.
Wang Zhonghe said: "Don't you just want money? Two million won't do it? Then ten million. If ten million doesn't work, then twenty million!"
"Can't you afford such a small amount of money?"
Everyone was silent, and soon Qiao Zhiguang stood up and said: "Well, Mr. Wang, you are right. We eight families are indeed not short of money. A random family can still get 20 million."
"But...that's not how it works!"
"Liu Chengen came here once and squeezed tens of millions of taels of silver out of us. What will happen next?"
“This time it’s Liu Chengen, next time it might be Zhang Chengen or Li Chengen.”
"And if I got 10 million the first time, there's no guarantee that the lion won't open his mouth and ask for 20 or 30 million the second time..."
"Even if our family runs a bank, we can't afford so much money!"
"Yeah, yeah..."
As soon as Qiao Zhiguang finished speaking, he immediately aroused the echo of the people around him.
"Mr. Qiao is right, that's the truth."
“Our family can’t survive even if we take 10 million every time!”
"For cash, our family has to get it from the bank, which is really troublesome..."
"Duh duh duh..."
Wang Zhonghe tapped the ground with his crutch and said: "Why are you so anxious? Why are you making such a fuss? He hasn't left yet!"
"Your concerns are not unreasonable, but I also have my own way of dealing with them."
"This time for his fiftieth birthday, the old man, I will join in the fun and raise some money for him."
"When he leaves, you go find the group of horse bandits and mountain bandits raised by you guys to come out for activities, and ask them to contact those mud-legged people to cause trouble together."
"Don't tell me that you don't know me. You really think I'm blind!"
"Let's just say that Liu Cheng'en, the great eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, searched for people's wealth and anointing in Bingzhou, causing the people to rebel, and the soldiers were directed at the great eunuch!"
"When the time comes, all the officials will be so angry that even His Majesty will not be able to cultivate his immortality in peace and will have to step in to deal with the matter."
"The best result is to kill Liu Cheng'en to calm down his anger. Even if he doesn't die, he will be reprimanded and alienated by His Majesty."
"When the time comes, we can take revenge however we want!"
"Okay, okay! This is a good idea!"
"As expected of Mr. Wang, he is really a treacherous person... Oh no, he is very scheming!"
"How about we do this?"
"Okay!"
"On Liu Chengen's fiftieth birthday, I will also give you a big gift, hahaha...!" "Let's go together...!"
The Eight Mergers laughed loudly and even considered what gifts to give Liu Chengen to show that they were "magnanimous".
Soon, Liu Chengen's fiftieth birthday came as promised.
He booked the entire Fenglin Pavilion and entertained many wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families in Bingzhou.
The people guarding Fenglin Pavilion were also secretly replaced by some new troops and Jinyi guards, always paying attention to the people coming and going.
As night falls, the entire Fenglin Pavilion becomes brightly lit.
Hundreds of large lanterns shine on Fenglin Pavilion, making Fenglin Pavilion look more like a flying phoenix.
Liu Chengen's Dama Jindao was sitting on the main seat on the top floor of Fenglin Pavilion, looking at Datong City outside the window, not knowing what he was thinking in his eyes.
"What a Datong Wang family. Almost everyone in Datong County has the surname Wang, and most of Bingzhou. Tsk, tsk, tsk, they are worthy of being the head of the Bingzhou family..."
At this moment, a master of ceremonies downstairs shouted: "We have guests arriving!"
"Wang Zhonghe of the Wang family of Datong wishes Mr. Liu Chengen a long and prosperous life!"
"Congratulatory gift: a pair of emerald and white jade lotus roots!"
Liu Chengen stood up and greeted him personally.
Wang Zhonghe, the head of the Wang family in Bingzhou, has been out of office for more than thirty years. He is now eighty-six years old, enough to become an old man.
His third son and nephew, as well as many juniors, are all officials in the court.
There are two second-grade officials, four third-grade and fourth-grade officials, and countless officials below fifth-grade.
Even Liu Chengen had to give face at this time.
"Zhiguang Qiaojiaqiao, Banner County, I wish your father-in-law Liu Chengen to be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains!"
"Congratulatory gift: a golden monkey offering longevity!"
"The prosperous family of Yuxia County has a long life. I wish the father-in-law Liu Cheng'en to rise to Yueheng and have good fortune and longevity!"
"Congratulatory gift: a blood jade coral!"
"Meng Jiameng of Taigu County wishes you good luck and longevity in Nanshan!"
"Congratulatory gift: a picture of a hundred years of pearls!"
"Hugh Yongdou, Marquis of Hugh County, wishes Liu Chengen..."
One after another, representatives of Bingzhou and Merchants came to congratulate and receive gifts, and there were dedicated people to receive them.
As for Eunuch Liu Chengen, he was only responsible for receiving people from the Wang family, the Qiao family, and several official families.
Those who are qualified to come to celebrate Liu Chengen's birthday this time are all the main figures of each family.
Either the ancestor, or the family, or the eldest son and grandson of the family, are extremely important.
And the gifts they sent were carefully selected and extremely valuable.
For example, the emerald white jade lotus root given by the Wang family is a pair of verdant, almost completely transparent jadeite with only elixir green, and is worth thousands of gold.
Another example is the golden monkey statue given by the Qiao family to celebrate longevity. It is a golden statue of a normal-sized golden monkey made entirely of gold, which is extremely noble.
Another example is the blood jade coral presented by the Chang family. It is a peerless treasure dug out from the depths of the East China Sea. It has the effect of being invulnerable to all poisons and is a holy medicine for warriors.
The picture of a hundred years of pearls sent by the Meng family is a picture of a hundred years of life made up of huge pearls. It sparkles in the bright light and glows in the dark, which is extremely exquisite.
Of course, these are just the top of the congratulatory gifts they send.
The rest of the ordinary gifts were picked out by servants and sent to Liu Chengen's military camp.
It can be said that if the gifts given by everyone present were converted into silver, they would be at least one million silver taels!
"Mr. Wang, your name is well known in our family!"
"Wherever, dogs and father-in-law serve as ministers in the same court, so they should support each other."
"Of course..."
"Is Mr. Qiao okay?"
"We in Dayu need wise gentry like you!"
"Don't worry, when our family returns to the capital, we will report to your majesty what the wise gentry have done. I believe your majesty will be very happy."
Under the personal accompaniment of Liu Chengen, the main tasks of the eight major mergers and acquisitions were all assigned to the chairman.
The other juniors, second sons and third sons who are accompanying him can only accompany him at other tables.
Many people flattered Liu Chengen. Liu Chengen also accepted everyone who came and could chat with everyone.
Soon after three rounds of wine and five dishes, Liu Chengen's face turned red from drinking.
"Eunuch Liu, the common people would like to toast you again. I will take care of your business in the future..."
"Everywhere, we are all a family, we must take care of you!"
Liu Chengen drank down the wine in his hand, shook his head and stood up, reaching out and pressing down to signal.
"Everyone, our family has something to say."
Although his voice was not loud, everyone present was very sensible and quickly became quiet.
"In the past two years, we have experienced constant natural and man-made disasters, and the people have been living in dire straits. Our family feels very distressed after seeing this!"
Many people secretly rolled their eyes. You, a eunuch, still feel sorry for you?
It’s really hilarious!
"However, it is all thanks to His Majesty's divine merit, diligence and love for the people, and hard work and sleep. With the help of many wise ministers, he finally rectified his roots, suppressed the refugees, expelled the Wu Kingdom, and restored a bright future to Dayu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone answered: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise~!"
Many officials, aristocratic families, and businessmen stood up quickly and shouted long live the mountain.
At this time, Qiao Maokang, the second son of the Qiao family, suddenly stood up. Regardless of his eldest brother's crazy pulling, he licked his face and said: "Your Majesty's great achievements, we naturally know. But we have heard that the reason why our Dayu army is so incompetent is Unsuccessful, it has something to do with the new firearms..."
"I wonder, father-in-law, can you let me watch it?"
"Want to see firearms?"
Liu Chengen's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Hahaha, no problem!"
"You are all loyal men. Come with me to the military camp to see the new firearms!"
"With this firearm, I, Dayu, can inherit it for thousands of years and shock the world!"
"Everyone, please!"
"Father-in-law, please..."
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
On the last day of April, I beg for my monthly ticket! ! !
(End of chapter)