The sugar shop was opened by the Bian River. There were two huge hopeless people in front of the door, one left and one right, and the other on the left wrote: "The most sweet taste in the world", and the other on the right said "Snowflake White Sugar". Xu Ping's aesthetic level was not good, so he couldn't tell what was good about this word. Anyway, it was written by the name.

Xu rented a small courtyard nearby as his place to stay with Zhang Sanniang. The place is not big. The rent in the capital is too expensive and it can't be afforded even if it is big. Fortunately, it is also a wharf, and there are all kinds of cheap hotels. Xu Ping found a hotel near home to settle the shopkeepers, so he went to the sugar shop with Xiuxiu to take a look.

It was winter at this time, and the Bian River was shallow and there were no boats in the river, but there were crowds of people on the avenue by the river. Along the river bank, there were shops of various guilds such as fruit and sugar shops, which were particularly lively.

Xiuxiu looked around and had never seen such a lively scene before, and felt that her eyes were not enough. When she arrived in front of her shop, Xu Ping said to Xiuxiu: "Look, this is our shop in the capital."

Xiuxiu looked at it and whispered: "Why isn't the restaurant in Baisha Town yet?"

Xu Ping smiled: "This is the place where the shipment is, where can I compare it with a restaurant?"

Tomorrow is the winter solstice, and at this time, Yu Street has been closed. If you walk farther, you will be Zhouqiao, and the road has ended.

Xiuxiu looked at the Yu Street as wide as a square and murmured in a low voice: "Such a great road, wide and flat, why don't people walk there!"

Xu Ping said: "That is the Imperial Street. Where the emperor walks, where ordinary people can walk at will? You don't know that Kaifeng City is divided into two by this street. Some relatives live in the East and West cities, and they still never interact with each other. We just come here once a while, what's there to complain about!"

Xiuxiu was shocked: "Are you not allowed to walk this road normally?"

Xu Ping said: "That's not. If people come and go, and there are many people doing various small businesses, it will be very lively."

Xiuxiu let out a sigh: "That's fine. Otherwise, if the two families lived across the street, they seemed to be dozens of roads away, wouldn't it be miserable?"

Not to mention this time, even in Xu Ping's previous life, the leader had to block the road when traveling. Tomorrow, the emperor would bring his ministers to sacrifice to heaven and earth. It would be no problem to seal this road for a day or two. However, this imperial street is the main road for the palace to go out, and it is sealed a lot throughout the year, which makes it a bit inconvenient for the people in the east and west cities.

After seeing Yujie, Xu Ping took Xiuxiu back to his shop and took a sip of water to rest.

After entering the shop, a clean servant came up and asked enthusiastically: "Thank you for your hard work on the road, how many kilograms of sugar do you have to bring today?"

This is a common way for merchants. Whether you know it or not, you should get it close first.

Xu Ping said: "My name is Xu Ping, and I am the little boss here. I am traveling on the road and I am tired of walking. I come over to ask for a cup of tea."

The servant hurriedly said, "It turns out that he is a little official, I will take you to see Manager Lin."

Xu Ping and Xiuxiu followed the servant, turned the counter and came to an elegant room.

It can be seen that this is a place dedicated to receiving distinguished guests. The hardwood furniture of the same color and calligraphy and paintings hanging on all the walls are all written by famous artists and are of great value.

There was an Eight Immortals Table in the room, and there were two people sitting at this time. One was in his forties, wearing a blue shirt, with a bit of a bookish atmosphere. It was Manager Lin who was on duty today. On the guest seat opposite him was a boy of only fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair skin and a regular dress, looking a little shy.

Needless to ask, the person sitting with Director Lin was the little eunuch who came out of the palace that Zhang Tianrui mentioned.

When Xu Ping saw a living eunuch for the first time, he was a little curious and couldn't help but take a few more glances.

At this time, the men who served the emperor's family in the palace were not called eunuchs, but were generally called eunuchs, and the youngest ones in front of him were generally called Xiaohuangmen. The group of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty was far less powerful than the Tang Dynasty in the previous generation, nor was it as strong as the social presence in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Of course, it was not the same as the Taoist emperor who had his brain kicked by a donkey.

The eunuchs in the Song Dynasty were more like normal people. The emperors themselves regarded them as special subjects rather than as private slaves. At this time, the eunuchs did everything except serving in the palace, and they were favored by them. Those who went out to lead troops to fight, supervise alcohol and taxes, and even become magistrates. Basically, they could do the military officials who were able to do the military. Anyway, the status of the military officials was not high, and everyone was equally good at it, and they didn’t think they were really less than others. Of course, the qualities were uneven. Some people made achievements and more people were responsible for the disaster.

Eunuchs with a little bit of status will start a family and start a business. They adopt their sons as required. In addition to supporting themselves for their old age, they also inherit their own careers. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the biggest source of eunuchs was the adopted sons of eunuchs, one generation after another, which is also a major feature of the times.

As for the little eunuch Zhang Tianrui mentioned, he colluded with to find trouble with the candy shop, Xu Ping was not interested in this kind of thing. The joke was that he used technology to cooperate, and of course, Li Duanyi had to solve this kind of thing himself. He had to do everything himself, so what did he find a partner to do?

And everyone can see that this little eunuch is just here to explore the news, and no one really takes him seriously. Since the previous dynasty Emperor Zhenzong, he has strictly ordered that the procurement in the palace must pass the miscellaneous purchases under the Sansi, and that the private purchases are not allowed to be privately assigned to the private sector. Of course, there are policies and countermeasures at the top, and the matter of private purchases in the palace has never been prohibited, but bulk purchases cannot be bypassed by Sansi. At this time, the emperor's private vault has not completely escaped from the control of Sansi, and no one pays off the bill. As for the palace maids who bought candied haws, which imperial concubine remembered to eat fast food outside the palace, Sansi was not interested in taking care of it, but thousands of kilograms of white sugar were said from a small yellow door, without any evidence, and someone believed him to see a ghost.

This kind of thing is to quickly find out the person instructing him, and talk at the table between the two sides. Whether to make a fight or fight depends on the other party’s asking price and his own strength.

When Director Lin saw Xu Ping, he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Why is the little official free today?"

Xu Ping said: "I went to the city today to celebrate the festival with my parents. I was tired of walking on the road and happened to arrive at the store and come in to ask for a cup of tea. The supervisor took his own care."

Manager Lin introduced the small yellow gate opposite to Xu Ping: "This is Director Zhou of the palace, come to the store to talk about something."

After hearing this, the little yellow gate stood up quickly and bowed to Xu Ping, "I am Zhou Qing, my boss wants - let me come and discuss some business with your store."

Seeing that he looked cramped and hesitant, Xu Ping was so arrogant that he could not get extortion? He sighed in his heart. This must have been forced by some powerful eunuch, and it would not be easy to make a living anywhere. If he did this kind of thing, he would not be able to fall into it if he succeeded. If he was not lucky, he was caught by the court as a typical example, and a beating a beating is not a big deal. Fortunately, the empress dowager is in power now, and women's fault is to protect her short-term. These eunuchs are better off. If they were replaced by an emperor with a temper, they would not be one or two eunuchs who were killed by sticks because they came out to pretend to be powerful.

Xu Ping bowed and replied: "Sit in Chang'an, I will take a sip of tea and leave."

The servant came up with tea, and Xu Ping sat down and drank slowly.

Manager Lin and the little yellow party had finished talking about everything they should say, and they were sitting here at this time. One was waiting for the master to find out the result of the return, and the other was afraid to go back without any result. Now there was a Xu Ping on the table, and both of them were uneasy.

Especially Zhou Qing, the little yellow sect, was not old and entered the palace early. He had little contact with others and had too little knowledge. Seeing Xu Ping looking at him from time to time, he was restless as if he was on pins and needles.

Xu Ping had no other intentions, but felt that a man who lacked something was curious. He finally saw someone alive and would inevitably take a look at him more often. If he had everything in his previous life, this kind of creature would be considered to have no soil for survival and was buried in the dust of history.

Xu Ping finished drinking a cup of tea, and the small yellow door opposite him was almost crying.

Pushing the teacup, Xu Ping told Manager Lin: "Maintain the hospitality of the supervisor. If you have guests here, I won't disturb you anymore, so I will say goodbye."

Manager Lin often came when he was free, so he sent Xu Ping out.

Seeing that Manager Lin returned to the store, Xiu Xiucai dared to whisper to Xu Ping: "Official, what is the person who just sat with you and the supervisor doing? Why do you always look at him?"

After hearing this, Xu Ping said embarrassedly: "Even you can see that I saw him? This is not good. I want someone to say that I am Meng Lang. As for that person, he is the eunuch who serves the emperor."

Xiuxiu didn't know what the eunuch was doing, so she curled her lips: "What's so good about it!"

The two were about to leave when they suddenly saw an official riding a horse and taking two followers straight to his sugar shop. Xu Ping stopped.

The official entered the shop, and the servant came up and said, "Why are there any time for Tixia? Come and worship tea!"

He led the official into the elegant room.

When Xu Ping was confused, someone grabbed him from behind: "The little official is here, so follow me."

Xu Ping turned around and found that it was Zhang Tianrui again, thinking that this person was always so sneaky.

The two of them hid in a crowd in front of a malt sugar shop. Xu Ping asked in a low voice: "Everyone cares, do you understand who is the one who is in charge?"

Zhang Tianrui sighed and said, "I heard that Yan Wenying sent this little yellow sect out."

Xu Ping looked confused: "Who is Yan Wenying?"

"Oh," Zhang Tianrui didn't know how to explain for a moment, "Anyway, it's the popular eunuch in the palace, and there are connections inside and outside the palace."

Xu Ping still didn't understand: "He is an eunuch, why are we here to cause trouble for us? Not to mention that if Taiwei Li can deal with him, he will not get any benefits to destroy us!"

Zhang Tianrui sighed again: "That's the case, but he has always been friendly to Mr. Lu Yijian, because he is afraid that this family will be the one behind him."

Lu Yijian was the nephew of Lu Mengzheng, the famous prime minister of the previous dynasty. At this time, he was a political affairs officer. This name was also an impression of Xu Ping in his previous life, but his specific deeds would be blurred. But even with his knowledge in this life, he thought that Lu Yijian was impossible. Even as a grass man, he knew that Prime Minister Zhaowen, Wang Qinruo, was almost swallowed his last breath. The prime minister of the court was at a time of a major change of shifts. How could he do such a thing to let the political enemy catch the handle?

Seeing Xu Ping's disbelief, Zhang Tianrui said again: "I don't think it's possible, either. Yan Wenying is greedy by nature, and it's possible to collude with others to do this."

Xu Ping didn't want to guess, so he asked Zhang Tianrui: "Who is the official who just entered the store? Did you find him to scare away that little yellow door?"

Zhang Tianrui smiled and said, "That is the official Zhang Weiji, who is in charge of goods in Beijing. He has always been friendly to me. He will find him and scare the little eunuch who is ignorant of the world first!"

It turned out that he was an eunuch again, but this one had more status and real power.
Chapter completed!