After a few words of greeting, Ma Mingsong introduced the officials behind him to Zhao Chongyi and his wife. Most of Chen Wenhui knows her, after all, Chen Wenhui participated in the construction at the beginning, and she once guarded Shanghai City for Princess Lichuan for a few months, and these Shanghai City officials have not changed much.

Chen Wenhui greeted them one by one, and these people were very enthusiastic about Chen Wenhui. Chen Wenhui also introduced Zhao Chongyi and Mu Li, and when these officials heard that they were the sons of the Bai clan in southern Xinjiang, they also saluted politely. It's not much attention. There's something strange about Muli.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Chen Wenhui and his wife got into a specially prepared carriage and headed for the city.

When they arrived in Shanghai City, Ma Mingsong originally wanted to invite their husband and wife to live in the City Lord's Mansion, but Chen Wenhui and his wife politely refused, and they had already said hello and asked Qinghelou to vacate a small courtyard for them to live in, and those guards lived in the inn on the edge of Qinghelou. That inn was originally also the property of Xiao Chen's family.

As for Mu Li, Chen Wenhui also arranged for him to live in that inn, which was in a separate small courtyard, which was very high-end, and it was the No. 1 room in Tianzi. The small courtyard was very close to the small courtyard of Qinghelou of Chen Wenhui and his wife, and there was a small door to pass through. It's very convenient.

Ma Mingsong saw that Chen Wenhui had already arranged it, so he didn't force it, and asked Chen Wenhui to go to Qinghe Building to rest and change clothes, and they set up a banquet in Qinghe Building to pick up Chen Wenhui and his wife.

Chen Wenhui and his wife were not polite, so they took their subordinates to their residence. Chen Wenhui changed her clothes and freshened up again, at this time. Mu Li had already freshened up and was waiting in the foyer of the small courtyard where Chen Wenhui and his wife were.

As soon as Chen Wenhui and his wife came out, they saw Mu Li, and Zhao Chongyi said, "You are very fast?" ”

Mu Li said: "There is nothing to freshen up, my two maids are still nimble." So, soon. It's just that why are these officials so familiar with the county lord just now? ”

Zhao Chongyi understood and said: "This is because when this Shanghai City was built, the county lord participated in the construction. At that time, the sea trade began, and the Great Chu court couldn't take out so much money, so it was divided into ten shares, and the emperor had two shares. The emperor has two shares. Princess Lichuan has two shares, the Chen family has two shares, Xiao Chen's family has one share, and Ma Mingsong's Ma family has one share. One million taels of silver per share. Take it out. Only then did the city of Shanghai be built. Start of sea trade. Among them, the emperor was only a county king at that time, and he didn't have so much money. Let the county lord take a share, and he only holds one share. ”

"The Chen family's land occupies the most, but the Chen family's land is far away in the northeast, so let the eldest brother of the little Chen family's county lord, Chen Wenjun, manage their shares. It is the current city lord of Xinguang City, and the Yicheng shares of the Xiao Chen family are let the second brother of the county lord, that is, Chen Wenlin, the city lord of Tianshui City, be in charge. At that time, their brother was responsible for managing the construction of the city of Shanghai, including the city walls, docks, roads, residences, etc. Chen Wenjun was also responsible for the trade routes to the Wa Kingdom. The lord of Shanghai City is Princess Lichuan and his wife, and they also account for 20% of the shares, and the trade matter is Ma Mingsong, who is mainly responsible for selling trade routes. Their Ma family also has a percent, in addition, Ma Mingsong's father is the emperor's brother, so the emperor's shares are also managed by the Ma family. The county lord also has a share of Yicheng, and also represents the current emperor to manage his Yicheng, so the county lord was responsible for managing the financial power of Shanghai City at that time. ”

Mu Li was dumbfounded, this is really a big deal, it turns out that it can still be like this? The emperor also partnered with people to build cities? Mu Li asked: "One percent of the shares is one million taels of silver?" That's too much, right? Who can take it out? How old was the county lord at that time? Can you get the money? ”

Zhao Chongyi laughed and said: "The county lord's ability is great, at that time, he was only eight or nine years old, but he was already able to take charge on his own. It is said that the financial rules implemented in Shanghai City now are still in accordance with those set by the county lord at that time. ”

Mu Li suddenly had great respect for Chen Wenhui, what is a genius, this is a genius.

Zhao Chongyi said: "Later, when the construction of Shanghai City was almost over, the county lord went to Xinguang City with her brother Chen Wenjun. Shinko Castle was also built in the hands of the county lord. After the construction of Xinguang City, the emperor wanted to recycle the shares, and the county lord invested all the money in Nanyang to build Qingchun City. There are now four cities. A few years ago, the county lord passed by Shanghai City, and it happened that at that time, Princess Lichuan and his wife had important things to go to the capital, and they had to go for a few months. Therefore, the county lord is so familiar with these people, because they worked together back then. ”

Although Mu Li had long known that Chen Wenhui's identity was noble, she was a daughter of a family, powerful and rich, but she didn't expect to be so rich and powerful. can be so close to the center of power, do you hear that the shares of Shanghai City cost one million taels of silver, and the prince can't take it out, but Chen Wenhui was only an eight-year-old child at that time, and he could take it out. It was also able to manage the financial power in Shanghai, and the system established is still in use today. Later, he served as the acting city lord of Shanghai City.

No wonder those officials in Shanghai City were so enthusiastic, because Chen Wenhui was their former boss.

Zhao Chongyi said again: "Maybe you think they are not very enthusiastic about the two of us, especially you, just for face?" In fact, the officials of Shanghai City are different from the ordinary officials of Dachu. Their status is higher, their official positions are bigger, and they have more money, and they don't look down on ordinary Beijing officials, so it's normal to ignore me, a second-class official. If it weren't for Wen Hui's light, they wouldn't have paid attention to me. You are even worse, you can only be regarded as the son of Fanbang, not even a prince, you know, Shanghai City is the development of maritime trade, here Silla princess, prince, Goguryeo prince, princess, and barbarian, as well as Nanyang indigenous small country, I don't know how many, you are naturally nothing. ”

Mu Li understood now, it turned out that the two of them were stained with Chen Wenhui's light.

As she was talking, Chen Wenhui finally dressed up and came out of the house.

I saw Chen Wenhui wearing a moon-white jacket with a dark blue plain jacket on it, looking solemn. Mu Li couldn't help but wonder, this is not Chen Wenhui's usual dressing style.

Chen Wenhui understood at a glance and said: "After all, it is during the national funeral. You can only wear these colors. You don't have to pay attention to it, you are not an official of Da Chu. ”

After saying this, Mu Li understood, and when he looked at it again, he found that Zhao Chongyi was wearing a set of moon-white robes. Look at yourself again, it was the clothes that Mingzi was looking for, he didn't even look at it, so he put it on, it turned out to be a set of moon-white clothes, it can be seen that Mingzi has known it for a long time, and Muli is very satisfied.

Chen Wenhui said: "It's not good to keep them waiting for a long time, let's go to the banquet in front." Mu Li Gongzi, you always say that the food on our ship is delicious, in fact, where can the food on the ship compare to the food in our Qinghelou. You're ready to eat today. ”

The next banquet was really a good meal, but there was no singing and dancing, after all, it was a state funeral, and the banquet was banned, but fortunately, eating was not banned.

Mu Li was very satisfied with this meal, and he was very happy to learn that he would be able to eat in Qinghe Building every day for the next two days.

Chen Wenhui and his wife followed Ma Mingsong to the City Lord's Mansion to chat after dinner. Mu Li was taken by two guards and an official of Shanghai City to visit Shanghai City.

When she arrived at Ma Mingsong's flower hall, Chen Wenhui found that this place had been renovated, and Princess Lichuan had moved all her things.

After Chen Wenhui and Ma Mingsong exchanged pleasantries for a while, Ma Mingsong retired from the people who served.

Ma Mingsong said: "Now the government is very stable, the emperor has ascended the throne, and rewarded hundreds of officials, and the emperor has also been sent to Huangling." You have just come back, and there are a lot of imperial histories in which the DPRK and China impeached you. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled slightly. Zhao Chongyi said: "Because we have a secret mission assigned by the emperor, we are not afraid of impeachment by the imperial history." ”

Ma Mingsong said with a smile: "Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, everyone knows that in the future, it will be a world of reverence for righteousness and respect for the original, how can there be those old immortal imperial histories who can't see clearly?" Sure enough, as Chongyi said, the emperor scolded those imperial histories, asking them to care more about the national economy and people's livelihood, and to talk less about these trivial things. ”

Zhao Chongyi laughed.

Chen Wenhui said: "Now the Ma family is also a relative of the emperor, the emperor has always favored Concubine Ma Shu, and there is also a Ma family in this world." ”

In the past, when the emperor was here, although he trusted his brother Ma's family, the Ma family was not high after all, so he could only be a salt merchant and do some things secretly for the emperor. The status is not high.

Now, she is already a serious relative of the emperor, Ma Lexuan is already one of the four concubines, and she has also given birth to a prince and a princess, so her status is naturally different. What's more, Concubine Ma Shu has always been favored, and this Ma family is also rising, no, Ma Mingsong, a businessman, can come to be the lord of Shanghai City, this is a feudal official. What's more, Shanghai is prosperous, and the oil and water are also abundant.

Ma Mingsong and Chen Wenhui both laughed tacitly. The new emperor ascended the throne, and they were all winners. Xiao Chen's family, Zhao Chongyi, Liu Jingyuan, and Ma's family are all the ones who win the bet.

Chen Wenhui said: "I think Shanghai is more prosperous than before. ”

Ma Mingsong said proudly: "Now that all the infrastructure of Shanghai has been built, there are not as many places to spend money as before. However, because the Wa Kingdom had been taken by Chen Wenlin, Silla and Goguryeo were taken by the Chen family, Yizhou Island could also trade, more than a dozen cities were opened in Nanyang, and Princess Lichuan also opened the Kingdom of Siam. There are more places for trade, and naturally the city of Shanghai is more prosperous. (To be continued......)