At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Cai set the era name as Xiyuan. From now on, it is the first year of Xiyuan.

"Xinjun's name has the meaning of worship, which shows that he is still loyal and brave."

Chen Shou did not participate in the New Year's ceremony, Huang Zhen and the others gathered together and whispered.

Look at the altar praying to the heavens and giving Zhao Cai, who is very ambitious, overlooking his courtiers, full of ambition.

He grew up in the deep palace, how do you know that today's Great Qi is neither Xi nor Yuan, he is already dying and old, and he is terminally ill.

This year, Zhao Cai has just succeeded to the throne, and on the New Year's Day of the first year, the Tang State sent people to ask for an exchange of envoys and open a precedent for cross-strait exchanges.

Zhao Cai readily agreed, and allowed the Tang envoy to participate in the ceremony.

After Zhao Cai prayed to the sky and worshiped his ancestors, snow fell from the sky, covering Kaifeng Mansion tightly.

The earth is covered in silver, dripping with ice, but it also indicates a good harvest next year.

Chen Mansion, Water Pavilion.

This is a three-story building, and below it is the man-made lake of the house, which is drawn from the mountain spring water of Daexiangguoji Temple.

Chen Shou usually works here, and he doesn't have to go to the palace anyway, and he only goes to the palace when summoned by the emperor.

However, if there is any major matter in the imperial court, he can know almost immediately.

An official looked at Chen Shou with a smile, his expression was very flattering, not like a good person.

Chen Shou squinted at him and asked, "Liu Shilang, I heard that the palace has just issued an edict and a new treasure money bureau has been set up in the household department, and Your Majesty personally ordered you to do this?" ”

Liu Dong, the head of the household, nodded and replied: "This matter was instigated by the Tang people, and His Majesty has been deceived and wants to learn from the Tang people what the treasure money bureau is." From now on, our gold and silver can be replaced by paper, and the lower officials always feel that it is not very reliable, so they specially come to ask the adults. ”

Chen Shou glanced at him, how could such a person with a vegetarian meal in the corpse be mixed with the household servant, and be entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, it was a joke.

Because Nantang has a silver ticket, I don't know how much cheapness it has brought to the merchants, and the profits are so big that they are terrifying.

They already have a complete set of effective and mature plans, and they are handed over to you for you to copy, and there is nothing to complain about.

However, Chen Shou also knew the plans of the Tang people, and they were really profit-oriented.

The over-prosperity of commerce has made Datang addicted to it and unable to extricate themselves, and they have spent a lot of money in order to open up trade channels with Daqi.

From the perspective of Emperor Tang, Chen Shou proposed that the person who proposed this idea should be beheaded.

Because of the trade with Daqi, although it opened a door to wealth, it also allowed Daqi to develop.

Daqi's finances have long been on the verge of collapse, which is tantamount to giving Daqi, who is dying of thirst, a sip of water to drink.

The ministers of the Tang State are all a group of good money-makers, and their families all have caravans that rival the wealth.

For the sake of profit, these people are really short-sighted and scary, and they don't think about the long-term plan at all, and only focus on the immediate profits.

"You should follow Tang Envoy well, ask some questions about the operation and equipment of the Treasure Money Bureau, make this Treasure Money Bureau earlier, and live up to His Majesty's trust in you."

As soon as Liu Dong heard that the Marquis of Zhongyong actually agreed to build this treasure bureau, he immediately changed his words and said: "The lower officials dare not do their best to serve the Hou Ye and Daqi." ”

Chen Shou waved his hand and said, "Okay, this matter is not trivial, I will leave you soon, you can go and get busy." ”

"The next official retired."

Looking out of the window and watching him go down the water pavilion, Chen Shou scolded in a low voice: "What a fool." ”

If the Treasure Money Bureau is really built, not to mention anything else, it will be much more convenient for him to secretly trade with Tang Guo in private.

Every month, a steady stream of grain was smuggled across the river from the Jingchu area, and the sailors and yamen along the way were all bought, and no one stopped them.

Chen Shou's four Taoist temples, after the expansion, are full of baggage and grain and grass.

Not to mention the future, just counting the inventory in front of him, once there is a war, he can quickly arm a team of tens of thousands of people, and they are all well-equipped and have enough food.

These are the capitals of the troubled times, and Chen Shou does not dare to slack off.

There is also a line, that is, from the Western Regions, led by Bayitash, and the Hu merchants transported some cow tendon and animal skins.

This fallen prince of the Western Regions supports him even more than he imagined.

He worked so hard to help himself, most likely because he wanted to help him return to the Qarakhanid Dynasty after he succeeded.

Chen Shou has always been noncommittal about this, and it is impossible for him to refuse any help at the moment, because his foundation is too shallow.

Even if it is Yuan Xiannian, there is a Baibo Valley, a family that has accumulated for hundreds of years.

Chen Shou's background determines that he must redouble his efforts in order to gain a firm foothold when the troubled times come.

There was a knock at the door, interrupting Chen Shou's thoughts, and he said softly, "Come in." ”

The person who came in was Zhang He, one of his two generals, and when he was growing his body recently, his voice was a little hoarse, and he said, "My lord, the Tang envoy asks to see you." ”

Chen Shou was slightly surprised, the envoy of the Tang Kingdom saw what he was doing, this kind of thing was no better than others, and it must not sound good when it was spread.

But then again, since they came, there must be a reason why they had to come.

"Let him in."

Zhang He went out, and after a while, he came in with a middle-aged scribe, he was wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty, and the crimson official robe had exquisite embroidery, which looked very luxurious. With white skin and a long figure, he also looks like a famous man.

"In Xia Sumu, a person from Hangzhou, I have seen Jin Yu Zhenren."

Chen Shou raised his eyebrows, few people called themselves bullshit road numbers, which fooled Emperor Gengyuan, and now that Emperor Gengyuan is dead, there is no need for him to use it anymore.

It seems that on the side of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Taoism is still very good, and it is no wonder that after all, their royal family is surnamed Li, and Lao Tzu is a family, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has always admired Taoism.

The ministers naturally had to be the same as the emperor, so that Taoism in the Southern Tang Dynasty has always been very prosperous.

"Your envoy came to my house, and I don't know what advice I have." Chen Shou asked with a chuckle.

Su Mu glanced at it, except for the two maids from the Western Regions standing behind him, there was no one else in the room.

He lowered his voice and said, "I can't hide it, in Jingzhou, where my ancestors are from, I have a lot of money and food exchanges with adults at home. ”

Chen Shou suddenly became energetic and said with a smile: "Why didn't you say it earlier, Tao'er, pour a cup of tea for Master Su." Brother Su, please take a seat. ”

Chen Shou's attitude took a big turn, and he also made his position clear, Su Mu's heart was settled, and his expression relaxed.

"I came this time, in addition to being sent by my Majesty the Tang Dynasty to envoy Daqi, I also have a task from my family, which is to discuss with you and increase the scale of the transaction."