"What!" I got up early in the morning and was called, and when I was having breakfast, I suddenly heard something unexpected, Xu Chen was shocked when he was about to say that there was nothing in his mouth at that time, otherwise if he really squirted out a table of food in front of him, he didn't have to eat.

Yan Lu stopped the chopsticks in his hand and looked at the Wing King who opened his mouth abruptly, although he didn't pay attention to food and didn't say anything, but it was hard not to be surprised that such an astonishing sentence was left behind.

"Didn't the Xu family always want to be an imperial businessman?" Xi Chao is stating the facts, "From now on, you should know that there is more than one imperial merchant in a country, and this identity seems to be glorious but it is not easy to go, and sometimes you will even spend all your wealth for such an identity." ”

Xu Chenlin was silent for a moment and said: "I know the consequences of taking over this burden, but I can't give up for this, the Xu family has been a businessman for generations, and the children of the Xu family have no way out except for business. ”

The identity of the merchant is too special, how many broken heads do not hesitate to spend all their family wealth to let the heirs of the family participate in the imperial examination to get ahead, but about the son of a merchant to participate in the imperial examination is not impossible but too difficult, the limited number of places given every year, sometimes spending a lot of money may not be able to buy. There are only so few heirs in the family, and there are fewer choices.

In addition to the imperial merchants, the status of an imperial merchant is different from the past, and the power in the hands of the royal office will increase, and the quota for the imperial examination can be divided into two more every year, although it is still less than one.

As a result, many businessmen saw the only glimmer of life. If you sharpen your head, you have to become an imperial businessman, and you will not hesitate to go bankrupt, and the imperial businessman cannot be dominant. In order to balance the greedy nature of the merchants, the superior set three quotas for the imperial merchants, one or two were selected from the ranking of the merchants, and the merchants with all the qualities were selected as much as possible, and the remaining one was selected from the newly emerged merchants, forming a three-party competition.

Evenly matched businessmen often fought for more profits, and the turmoil caused by fighting with each other in equal status and ability was terrifying. There have been two tigers fighting each other, and the situation of the people and even the country has been severely attacked, and it is the superiors who are trying to stifle such a thing. Once a new imperial merchant appears, the other two vacancies must be filled in a certain period of time to achieve a preliminary stability. This is an unwritten rule after the establishment of the emperor and Shang in successive dynasties.

Merchants in order to seize the position. It can be said that he will do everything he can, openly and secretly stumbling on his opponents in order to win.

Therefore, the name of the imperial merchant sounds good, not to mention the complicated things to be borne behind it, and you have to be careful to prevent it step by step, otherwise being pulled down by someone will not only lose the name of the imperial businessman, but also may implicate the family for this and be convicted, which is simply a thankless errand.

"Although I don't yearn for officialdom, I always have to think about the future of my peers or juniors in the clan. became the head of the family, and naturally thought about more people. This is the helplessness of Xu Chenlin, who is an only son, why can't he live a more chic life. Why do you fancy fame so much, is it really so beautiful to add fame and fortune, don't you know the sorrow of the queen, if it weren't for the fact that his father has been frowning and not showing his ancestral teachings to engrave the hearts of every businessman in the clan all the time, he is really unwilling to take over this seemingly impossible responsibility.

"Who will choose the remaining two?" Yan Lu pondered for a long time and asked the most direct question.

"The Yan family doesn't want to get involved?" Xichao looked at Yan Yu, waiting for an answer.

"Can it work?" Yan Lu asked rhetorically, with suspicion in his eyebrows, he clearly knew that the three imperial merchants must not have any relationship, whether relatives are distant or close, and it is impossible for in-laws to let alone make friends in the world, which has quite strict laws and regulations.

"As long as the Yan family has this intention." In the eyes of the Xi Dynasty, the existing imperial merchant system has many undesirable points, "There are no absolute enemies in the world, and there are no long-term friends. ”

"What, can you have the final say?" Xu Chenlin was quite stunned, when could the power of the Wing King be so great that it could influence the imperial merchants!

"The Yan family didn't want to become the target of public criticism because of the imperial business." The Yan family is in the business of a pharmacy, and the status is higher than that of ordinary businessmen, so the Yan family is not so obsessed with the identity of the imperial businessman, and Yan Lu does not want to live for a person who is not worthy of the name, and the current state is very good.

"One light and one dark, if something happens to the Xu family, it is better to help without a trace, it is better than the two families being roasted on the fire." Xi Chao's heart is like a mirror and does not force the Yan family to participate, everyone has a different path to take, this is what the world often says, people have their own lives.

"Do you have a candidate for the remaining two?" Finding out the wind from the Wing King can understand his future opponent at the first time, Xu Chenlin feels that taking precautions has more opportunities for the Xu family to take advantage of.

"Except for the Xu family, there will be no other imperial merchants." Xi Chao's soft voice floated out, and it brought a lot of fright to Xu Yan and the others.

"How so!" Xu Chenlin was stunned, and looked at Yan Lu at a glance, both of which were puzzled in the other party's eyes.

"There are too few businessmen who know the roots, and most of them are colluded with officials in the DPRK and China, and the relationship is complicated. Xi Chao is waiting for the autumn queen to settle accounts, where will another force come up to hinder his eyes.

"There will be a lot of pressure on the DPRK to do so." Whether the resolution can be realized is still unknown, Xu Chenlin beat the drum in his heart, and he also had the luxury of hoping how good it would be to have only one imperial businessman, but unfortunately the reality does not allow one family to dominate, and he can only think about enjoying himself in his heart.

"It's all grasshoppers after autumn, and it won't be long before they stumble." Xi Chao doesn't like to talk about the officials of the DPRK and China, and he is really annoyed enough.

"After the Yan Kingdom is calmed down. The Holy Decree will come down, about a month or two after the Chinese New Year, and during this period be prepared to be suppressed by many parties. "Xichao will give Xu Chenlin a wake-up call." Although I can ensure the Xu family's superiority, I still have to look at the Xu family itself on the surface, and I can't be ridiculed because I am on top, and the Xu family's face cannot afford to lose. ”

Xu Chenlin was embarrassed when he heard this, he understood what the Wing King said, if there was anything to solve with the Wing King, others would only think that the Xu family had a good life to climb the big tree of the Wing King. This is good-sounding, but I am afraid that I will say that I will confuse the Wing King by betraying my appearance, and let the Wing King intervene to support the Xu family. Neither the former nor the latter is what the Xu family wants.

The Xu family has the ability to become an imperial businessman, not all by relationships, and those who are red in the eyes of the outside world say that three to four or three people will become tigers and make money, and the foundation laid by the Xu family will eventually be ruined. What the Xu family has to do is to straighten their waists. Outside, others are suggesting that the family has ability, rather than relying on nepotism to make a fortune. Biao Xiàn has enough hard energy to gain a firm foothold in Shangjing, where there are many merchants, instead of being poked in the back and laughed at shame.

The reason why the Xi Dynasty mentioned that Xu Chen would find himself to support him for everything when he was leaving, some things are feasible, and some things will leave hidden dangers, and it is not a person who can be idle if he goes back, there is a mess in the court to solve, and he is afraid that he will not be able to take into account the situation of the Xu family when he is busy, so he doesn't want the world to know that there is his own shadow behind the Xu family.

"The Xu family must not be a stumbling block for me." The Xi Dynasty warned Xu Chen to part, and swaggered through the market under the banner of the Wing Palace. The misfortune was all done by himself, and he had no obligation to wipe his ass for the Xu family.

"I understand." One qiē is on its own. Xu Chenlin is not a person who doesn't know what to do, and he also knows the difficulties of the Wing King, it is already difficult to do this step, he will not brazenly make unreasonable demands, although in essence, he has a five-year cooperative relationship with the Wing King, and they are mutually beneficial.

"Being a man with sincerity can last for a long time, don't be greedy for a small profit, just think about making more, sometimes suffering losses is also a blessing." Xi Chao didn't want to see the person she single-handedly promoted finally become mercenary and lose his heart, bringing trouble to himself, no matter how good the friendship was, it was useless, she would never allow such a thing to happen under her nose.

"I'll watch him." Yan Lu, as Xu Chenlin's friend, has the obligation to assist from the side, so that Xu Chenlin will not really fall into the quagmire and be unable to extricate himself.

"That's good." Xi Chao believed in the promise given by Yan Lu.

"I'm about to leave in four days, and I can't leave here without taking care of it." Xi Chao gradually got to the point, "You two stay behind to help take care of one or two." ”

"This ......" Xu Yan and the others had not yet turned their minds from what happened before, and they were hit by a heavy object, and what they didn't understand even more was that the words of the Wing King were too terrifying.

"I'm afraid we can't." It's not self-deprecation, but the fact that the Dao is limited by his own ability, how can the Wing King catch ducks on the shelves!

"If you can't do it, you can go to school, and no one can be born with it." Xi Chao expected the reaction that the two of them should have, and did not give the two a chance to refuse, "There are not many things, it is just the work of a supervisor, almost all of my subordinates have their own responsibilities, and I can't sit in charge myself, so Yan Guo is even more uneasy." ”

"This is a condition for becoming an imperial merchant?" Xu Chenlin really couldn't think of a reason, so he said this nonsense.

"Just take it, after all, there is no such thing as good luck in the sky for no reason." Xichao responded sharply, "Don't worry, there are no big accidents, everything is on the right track, I need you to stand on the surface to supervise the actions of the officials and people here, sometimes reconcile and reconcile the occasional small friction between the two sides, I have sent people to other cities, you don't need to worry about this, I will leave 20,000 Mu troops in the imperial city to guard, and those who are unreasonable can be solved by force, as for the danger to life, there should be no danger." ”

"It's just too embarrassing." Xu Chenlin has never dealt with strangers, this is still a patriotic citizen, how tricky it sounds.

"It's not uncommon for businessmen to travel north and south to deal with people they don't know." It's ridiculous to be scared here, Xi glanced at Xu Chenlin, who was at a loss.

"Sooner or later, you have to deal with the courtiers, use this as a springboard to learn first." Xi Chao doesn't think that Xu Yan and the others are really not good, some things need to be explored for a long time, and they will never want to learn just by watching what others do.

"I'll take you to meet some people tomorrow, so don't make an embarrassing situation of not obeying orders." The purpose of Xi Chao's personal visit was to deter, and clearly told everyone that Xu Yan and the two of them were valued by themselves to take charge of the affairs of the city, and there was no one who did not open their eyes and raised a crooked heart that should not be. Hehe, it's a good opportunity to make an example of chickens and monkeys.

"Okay then." Xu Chenlin glanced at Yan Lu, who was dragged into the water by himself, and felt quite guilty. The Wing King grabbed the strong man, which was a big grasp of each other, and Yan Lu no longer had to work with him in his free time.

Xi Chao motioned to Hongrui to come over with the booklet, put it in front of Xu Yan and the others, and said: "This is the shop and field property that has been agreed in advance, you can take advantage of the leisure time of these two days to take a look at it and then choose, and the contract and the like will be handed over to you."

Xu Chenlin couldn't help but be curious, and took the booklet and flipped through it, there are so many good guys! The above content is very detailed, and there are many high-quality fields in the fields alone, and generally the good ones produced in various places must be high-quality fields. It's really incomprehensible that the Wing King is so generous.

"How many of each?" Yan Lu glanced sideways, and was shocked in his heart, secretly thinking that the content on this booklet was only the only one in the Wing King's hand.

"It depends on how big your appetite is. Eat or not eat. Xi Chao's purpose in saying this sentence was not to be tempted, but with a slight teasing tone, "There are not many people in my hands, and I can't take care of them for a while, if you have a large number of people in your hands, you can take all of them over, and I will produce fifty percent of them." As for taxes, that's two years away. Now it's up to you. "There are too many things in hand, and there are not enough people to divide them all, so in desperation, it is most appropriate for Xu Yan and the two to take over, and they don't have to worry about that leisure, and the focus can be on the things to be prepared for later.

"So much, seriously, we can't eat it." Xu Chenlin told the truth, and he could see that the Wing King was not joking, but was pretending to be unintentional.

"Whatever you want." The rest is a big deal to rent to the people. In that case, the effect will be slower, and it will be better than wasteland. Xi Chao thought.

"If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask all you want to know, and you won't wait for it." Xi Chao bowed his head to eat for himself, this breakfast was a little long.

"Okay." Xu Yan and the others were not hypocritical, they put down the booklet and lowered their heads to eat, their hearts were full of things.

Yan Jun's side for a day and night, the Yan Suyi brothers and Zhan Fei joined in the fun, plus the four deputy generals visited late at night, so the Xi Dynasty did not stop, otherwise the old man with a good face, who was looking for someone to discuss in the middle of the night, what did he do in the daytime!

The Yan brothers came here to fight two days later, and the main and secondary affairs are unknown, especially Mu Jun's cold sidelines, and the huge loss to the Yan army, so they have to clarify their respective responsibilities in advance, and then they are to test whether the Wing King has broken his word and become fat, and he still remembers the warning of the Wing King last time.

Xi Chao glanced at such a big battle and secretly sarcastic, sitting in the slightly drooping eyes of the head was a little more playful.

"How many people does the Winged King expect to bring with him?" Yan Suyi went straight to the most fundamental thing, Yan Hongyi only did the initiative as a spectator this time, and handed over the initiative to his brother.

"Thirty thousand." Xichao said lightly, "Leave troops in the city to garrison. ”

Yan Hongyi snorted, pouted and secretly wondered what to do with so many soldiers after they were subdued, it was clearly intended to reduce the losses of the army, a good high-sounding reason.

Yan Suyi frowned and said, "What is the number of crossbow soldiers?" "Mainly for this, I intend to verify the effectiveness of the use of the bow and crossbow, and if it meets expectations, we can proceed to the next step, negotiate with the Wing King to buy it or get a batch out by other means.

"Take it all." As for the inconvenience of revealing the number of people, it is a hole card in his hand.

"What about the primary and secondary things, what is the unique opinion of the Wing King?" Yan Suyi continued to ask, thinking in his heart that it was best to follow Yan Jun first, but he didn't know what the Wing King thought.

"The territory of Yan Country is naturally dominated by the Yan army, and the Mu army only spares its strength." Xi Chao doesn't have a penchant for selling her life to others, the focus is on training soldiers to help Yan Jun remove obstacles, she is not kind enough to do day work, that's not a fool.

"The Yan army should advance and retreat together with the Mu army, thinking that it is the foundation of the alliance." Yan Hongyi couldn't look at the idle appearance of the Wing King, and reminded the Wing King not to forget his original intention.

"There are many talents in the Yan army, and it is difficult for the Mu army to match it." Xi Chao said to himself, not caring about the provocation in Yan Hongyi's tone.

"Not to mention that the army of Yan has appeared to occupy six cities, and it is invincible to attack from front to back, and it is easy to take the land of the country." Xi Chao did not show others to belittle himself with weakness, but deliberately avoided it, and did not participate in it, lest someone feel that Mu Guo had taken a big advantage.

"The Wing King is a heroine among women, and he doesn't let it go." An adjutant general spoke, stroking his beard and glancing meaningfully at the Winged King.

"It's well deserved to be praised." Xi Chao doesn't need others to judge what kind of personality he is, whether it's good or not, let alone judged by others, even if he is a veteran in the army, he shouldn't compare his qualifications with the princes of other countries, and claim to be an elder, and he can be conceited.

The deputy general who was in a good mood was blocked by the indifferent words of the wing king, and the beard of the stalk was curled up one by one, and he secretly scolded the little girl for not knowing how to lift, how could she talk like this, where was her upbringing.

"Does the Winged King have the intention of breaking the contract?" Yan Suyi's straightforward question pointed at the Wing King.

Xi Chao raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze to Yan Suyi, and slowly spoke: "As long as Yan Guo does not do unrighteous things, Mu Guo has always believed in and dared not be a treacherous villain, you can rest easy." She didn't have the heart to do the idle things of roosters and dogs, it was really difficult for Yan Suyi to ask.

"It's okay, it's good to go." Xi Chao is too lazy to go around in circles with the same people, why bother to hide it, why don't you be a ghost behind the scenes, so that you can get tired of each other, the Yan brothers are here to make it look like their own, oh, it's ridiculous.

"Everyone is now in the same boat, and we should work together in the same boat." Zhan Junfei wanted to ease the atmosphere, but as soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and the secret channel was broken.

"Yes, who won't say good things, there is a set behind the front of the person, the white paper and the black family write clearly and clearly, but there are still people who regard it as if there is nothing and take risks, if you want to blame it, you can blame the people for not being clear, the boundaries are not clear enough, the Tao is not the same as the conspiracy, and the matter should be seen through, and the people who are often on the lips are unpredictable, why are you confused for a while and don't go to your heart, and you have suffered a time of idleness, why bother." Xi Chao blocked back with a sentence, and looked at Zhan Junfei's eyes were not good.

Compared with the words of the Winged King pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, all the people sitting there did not know what the Winged King was referring to, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

Pop, a crisp sound, the tea cup shattered in response, and Xi Chao couldn't hide the thin anger between his eyebrows, "It's really unlucky, I really think that this king is easy to bully, heh!" (To be continued......)