Chapter 144: Prologue - The Plan Begins
Although Zhou Gang has never seen Xu Chen, he can still stand up at this time, except for Xu Chen, the main master, I am afraid that there is no one else.
But Zhou Gang still looked at Xu Chen and asked, "Are you?"
The same move naturally didn't have the slightest effect under Xu Chen's thick skin.
Xu Chen looked at Zhou Gang calmly, and said with a smile: "In Xia Xu Chen, thanks to the love of Lord Taishou, he allocated dozens of miles of wasteland by the river to Zaixia, so he thought of building a place for the people of Yuzhang City to watch and play, and this is why there is a square here." ”
In any case, first put up the banner of Wang Xian, and then occupy the righteousness, so that no matter how the other party moves, he can be at ease.
As soon as Zhou Gang heard Xu Chen finish speaking, his brows furrowed inadvertently, the young man in front of him was really not simple! Not only was he not afraid of his deterrence, but he also acted like an old oilman in officialdom for many years, and he didn't say anything here, so he pushed the responsibility away!
In these years, the evaluation of people and things is generally moralized, as long as it is well-intentioned, even if it is bad, it can be forgiven by the public. As soon as Xu Chen came up, he set his starting point on doing things for the people, so that no matter what Zhou Gang had, he would not be able to cause great harm to Xu Chen.
Zhou Gang suddenly smiled and said, "I didn't expect the little brother to have an ancient heart. ”
"Don't dare! Don't dare! This is all taught well by the teacher!" Xu Chen hurriedly said humbly.
That honest look made Xu Fan, who came with Wang Xian later, see that his cheeks twitched again.
"Oh, I don't know who the Lingshi is?" Zhou Gang asked lightly.
"Doctor of Literature, Xu Fan. Xu Chen replied equally calmly.
Zhou Gang's expression on his face was still calm when he first heard the words "Doctor of Literature", but when he heard the word "Xu Fan", he showed a burst of surprise, and then hurriedly asked: "Xu Fan, which Xu Fan?"
"Nature is ......"
Xu Chen was about to answer, but unexpectedly, Xu Fan, who was behind, came over directly after hearing it, and said to Zhou Gang: "Naturally, it's the old man's Xu Fan!"
When Zhou Gang saw Xu Fan walk in, he was surprised for a moment, and then he made a gesture at Xu Fan, and said respectfully: "Zhou Gang has seen Mr. Xu!"
Xu Fan calmly accepted Zhou Gang's salute, and then nodded in response.
"I didn't expect Xu Gongzi to be Mr. Xu's senior apprentice, disrespectful! Disrespectful!" Then Zhou Gang said to Xu Chen with a smile, the attitude changed so quickly that although it was not a compliment, but it also made people look sideways.
"What? Do you want to try this observation deck?" Xu Fan said to Zhou Gang flatly.
"Mr. Xu's words are serious! Since this observation deck can withstand Hao Zhutou's blow without any damage, it must be extremely strong! I just confirmed it with Hao Zhutou!" Zhou Gang still said with a smile, the expression on his face can't be seen if he doesn't look closely, but the skill on the face is still quite profound.
"Then are you sure?" Xu Fan asked again.
"It's confirmed! There is nothing wrong with this observation deck!" Zhou Gang said with a firm face.
Xu Fan nodded when he heard this, since the other party had softened, he had no intention of continuing to investigate.
"Oh, that's right! I just remembered that there were still some things in the Zhichong Mansion that needed to be dealt with in Xia, so I said goodbye to Mr. Another day, I will visit Mr. ! " Zhou Gang continued.
Xu Fan nodded in response.
"Sir, farewell!" After speaking, he pulled Zhou Bin, who was already sluggish on the side, and quickly left the square and walked towards the city.
When he was far away from the square, Zhou Bin couldn't bear it anymore and asked out loud, "Dad, who is that old man?"
Zhou Bin's reaction was also very sensitive, knowing that his father, who usually didn't even care about Wang Xian, would be so humble to such a "doctor of literature" at this moment, and this person's background must be not small.
Zhou Gang was silent for a moment, as if he was organizing the wording, and then spoke: "Who is he, Dad can't sue you! You just need to remember that don't go to trouble with that surnamed Xu in the future!"
Zhou Bin saw his father's solemn appearance, so he nodded seriously and said, "Dad, don't worry!
Zhou Gang saw his son's appearance and nodded with satisfaction, although his son was a little playful and a little willful, he was still very sensible! Just knowing who could mess with and who couldn't be messed with was much better than most of the second ancestors.
Just after Zhou Gang left, near the flower garden, the sons of the family who witnessed Xu Fan's great might were also as puzzled as Zhou Bin.
"Brother Wan, do you know what is the origin of this Xu Fan?" Huang Kai asked Wan Shijun.
"Yes, didn't you go to school with him for a few days? didn't you even find out where he came from?" Luo Xing also asked with a puzzled face, with his understanding of Wan Shijun, he never believed that the other party would have no news at all.
"The imperial history of the Taiwan Academy, because of the impeachment of Zhongshu, Li Linfu was demoted to Yuzhang to be a doctor of literature. Wan Shijun looked at the two in front of him and replied expressionlessly.
"That's all?" the two asked in unison.
"That's all!" Wan Shijun said.
When the two heard this, they glanced at each other, looked at Wan Shijun's calm face again, and finally determined that the other party was telling the truth!
After the three of them were silent for a moment, Luo Xing said in a very affirmative tone: "The old men must know!"
"The point is, why didn't they sue us?" said Huang Kai with a puzzled face.
The three of them were silent again, thinking for a long time but still not having the slightest gain, the three of them are all extremely smart people, but there is too little information, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and after thinking for a long time, they can't guess Xu Fan's origin.
"Teacher! domineering! You are really domineering tonight!" Xu Chen saw that Xu Fan had chased Zhou Gang away, so he hurriedly stepped up and gave a thumbs up to Xu Fan.
"Okay! don't pour ecstasy soup on the teacher here, the square over there hasn't been finished yet!" Xu Fan didn't seem to want to talk about this topic, so he urged Xu Chen to continue to be a guide.
This outbreak actually goes against Xu Fantao's original intention of raising obscurity, but Zhou Gang is not a small person, if he doesn't scare him off before the conflict between him and Xu Chen intensifies, according to Xu Chen's forbearance nature, he will definitely wait until he is fully prepared to make a move, and he must still have a great deal of certainty.
It's just that in this way, it is a little difficult for him to deal with Xu Fan in the middle, after all, this Zhou Gang has a good relationship with the person behind him.
Xu Chen saw that the teacher didn't want to talk more, so he didn't ask anything more, and led the teacher to continue walking to the other end of the square.
Wang Xian, who was standing aside and had never said a word just now, saw Xu Fan coming at this moment and shook his head with a wry smile.
Xu Fan understood and smiled at him, and the two of them completed the explanation and understanding of what happened just now in this way.
"Okay! This side of the square is actually the real place for citizens to play, and these facilities are actually used for playing! For example, this one is a merry-go-round! There will be music when it turns! Although it is just some simple musical notes......
Xu Chen fully showed his eloquence at this moment, learned the flickering energy of later tour guides, and began to work hard to publicize, not to work hard! After all, these are all money!
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Xu Chen's opening ceremony lasted until the early morning of the next day, but the enthusiasm of the tourists still did not fade because of exhaustion, but those ordinary people did not have a holiday, and as soon as the sun rose, they reluctantly rushed back to the city to prepare for a day's work.
Most of the people sold a pot of wine, cut a few catties of meat, and shouted to three or five friends, sat on the ground in the square, and began to talk in the bright moonlight and brilliant glass lights.
In the playground at the end of the square, a thick crowd was gathered in front of every novelty, and as the day came, more and more citizens who had not been there last night were rushing from all over the city after getting the news.
What's more, after hearing the news, some tourists from other places are also coming from all over the world, and for a long time in the future, this square outside Yuzhang City attracts tourists from all over the surrounding area and even other places in Datang.
Such a grand occasion far exceeded Xu Chen's expectations, which made Xu Chen sigh that there was a lack of entertainment activities for ordinary people in ancient times.
Seeing that the flow of people in the square did not subside with time, but became more and more with time, Xu Chen began the next plan.
Three days after the opening ceremony, Xu Chen set up a banquet in the largest private room of Qiushui Pavilion, this time he did not invite a dignitary, and all the people present were some businessmen, to be precise, they were the most powerful merchants in all walks of life in Yuzhang City.
If you want to invite these people, it is actually very difficult to rely on Xu Chen's current status alone, after all, although these businessmen have a low status, they can't stand their money! In today's prosperous era, these businessmen are using the money in their hands to seek some corresponding status for themselves.
Therefore, Xu Chen actually put a lot of thought into inviting these people to come, even so, not every family came, and most of them only sent one steward to come, and the main lord was still waiting at home.
It's just that Xu Chen doesn't care who comes, anyway, his purpose today is just to attract the attention of these people, as long as someone comes!
As soon as the hour came, Xu Chen ordered someone to hold a banquet, and after three rounds of drinking, Xu Chen did not sell Guanzi, stood up directly, and said to everyone: "Thank you for coming to the banquet today, thank you here!"
After speaking, Xu Chen actually saluted everyone present, and everyone hurriedly said "don't dare", but they still sat on the chair without any reaction.
As the saying goes, "courtesy must be asked for by others", and it is not a chick who has never seen the world, and he will not express his position at will until he understands the true intentions of the other party.
After Xu Chen finished saluting, he suddenly clapped his palms, and several guys walked in, all holding a tray in their hands, and there was a stack of paper on the tray, and there seemed to be words written on the paper, and I didn't know what it was.
"Boy, there are some numbers here, you might as well read it, let's talk about business again!" After speaking, he instructed the guys to distribute the paper on the tray and give each person a copy.
"This is ......" The businessmen present took the paper, looked at it for a moment, and said with doubts on their faces.