During this time, Zhang Lei has been doing everything possible to exchange gold and silver, the official price of one tael of silver for consistent money, one tael of gold for ten yuan, although the exchange price is relatively fair, but this price also means that ordinary people can not exchange gold and silver from the official.

Ordinary people can only go to the black market to exchange, and the official gold and silver are either exchanged by the powerful or flow into the black market, and the black market is one tael of silver for 1,200 yuan, and similarly, one tael of gold is exchanged for 12 yuan.

Zhang Lei was very careful, he would not throw out hundreds of thousands of copper coins to exchange for gold and silver at once, which would definitely cause a shock in Chang'an.

He tosses a copper coin every once in a while, and he does it very secretly, not letting the other party know who is exchanging gold and silver.

At noon that day, the shopkeeper of Jubao Pavilion hurriedly found Zhang Lei.

"Proprietor, proprietor Li finally relented, and he agreed to rent that warehouse."

How to transport the exchanged gold and silver is also a big problem, even more troublesome than exchanging gold and silver, Zhang Lei thought about it for many days, and finally decided to take the waterway, less inventory, safer, and more importantly, the ship transportation volume is large, and a few thousand stone cargo ships can transport all the money away.

The transportation route Zhang Lei has also been finalized, it is best to go out from the East Market, of course, the West City can also go out, his Meishou Wine Shop is backed by the Cao River, and the gold and silver can be stored in the cellar, but there are three checkpoints in the West Market, which are relatively strict and not easy to get out of the city, while there is only one checkpoint in the East City, and it is controlled by the military, compared to the professional and meticulous inspection of the West Market, it is much easier to go out of the East Market.

Zhang Lei finally decided to go out of the fleet along the Cao River in Dongshi, there is a row of warehouses along the Cao River in the south of Dongshi, Zhang Lei took a fancy to one of them, which is the warehouse of another big jewelry shop in Dongshi, which is made of big bluestone, and the ground is also paved with big bluestone, and there are two iron gates, which belong to the treasure house level of jewelry shops.

This warehouse is close to the Cao River, has its own wharf, can berth a thousand stone cargo ships, is the most ideal storage warehouse and transfer warehouse.

In fact, it is safer to store it outside the city, but the problem is that now that the river has frozen, it is easy to be caught if it is transported out by mules and horses, so it is better to store it in the warehouse in the city and transport it out all at once at that time.

The proprietor of Zhuyutang is called Li Changwen, and he is a competitor, but the relationship is usually good, often eat and drink together, a few days ago Zhang Lei proposed to him that the treasure pavilion wanted to rent this riverside warehouse, but he refused, although his warehouse was temporarily closed, but did not want to rent to the same industry.

Just when Zhang Lei was at a loss, Yang brought good news, and Li Changwen actually agreed, which made Zhang Lei overjoyed.

However, Zhang Lei knew that Li Changwen must have additional conditions, so he hurriedly asked, "What conditions does he have?" ”

The shopkeeper Yang scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "It's that we just entered the batch of jade, and he wants to divide half." ”

When Zhang Lei came back from Zhangye, he brought back a batch of beautiful jade, which was brought back from Anxi by the Ganzhou army, a lot of them, this batch of jade caused a sensation in the Chang'an jewelry industry, and various jewelry stores asked for goods from the Treasure Pavilion, but Zhang Lei refused, Li Changwen was actually fighting this idea, and he opened his mouth to ask for half, which was simply a clear robbery.

Zhang Lei was very annoyed, and said to Yang Da's shopkeeper: "Give him 20% at most, and the price will be doubled, do he love it!" ”

The shopkeeper Yang smiled at Zhang Lei: "I understand what the proprietor means, but I can't say that, he doesn't know how many goods we have, so we will give him half, a war broke out in Shazhou, and our purchase price is also very expensive, and it would be good to have the goods now." ”

"You look at it, take down the warehouse for me as soon as possible, and I'll rent it for a year first."

Yang Da shopkeeper hurriedly went, and in the afternoon, the two sides reached an agreement, and Jubaoge sold a batch of jade to Zhuyutang at a friendly price, and Zhuyutang rented the warehouse along the river to Zhang Lei.

Zhang Lei took Yang Jun and more than a dozen personal soldiers to the warehouse, this warehouse is located in the southernmost part of the East City, next to the high wall of the East City, the warehouse is made of heavy bluestone, the top is only half a foot wide ventilation port, there is no back door, and you have to go through two large iron doors to enter.

The warehouse is tall and spacious, and the floor is also paved with large bluestone, which is very dry, and it is very suitable for storing valuables.

Zhang Lei was very satisfied, and said to Yang Jun: "Let's do it tonight, transport all the big wooden boxes in the treasure pavilion warehouse, I want to change the locks of these two gates, and then we will each have a key, usually arrange a few more people to guard on the opposite side, and I will also rent the house opposite." ”

Twenty steps away from the warehouse is the backyard of a shop, which has been rented by Zhang Lei at a high price, just to be used to monitor the warehouse for the soldiers.

Yang Jun nodded, and Zhang Lei asked with concern: "The brothers are all living well!" What else is needed to open your mouth though. ”

This time, Zhang Lei entered Beijing and brought a hundred of Guo Song's personal soldiers, some of whom lived in the garden house outside the city, and some of whom lived in Zhang Lei's mansion.

Yang Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for proprietor Zhang's hospitality, food, clothing and housing are the best, everyone is a little flattered." ”

Zhang Lei smiled, "You're welcome, it's just a gesture, I'll give you some money tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and go out for a walk." ”

He lowered his voice and smiled obscenely: "You can visit the brothel of the Qinglou or something." ”

Yang Jun hurriedly shook his head, "This can't work, before leaving, the envoy issued a strict order, not allowed to drink outside, not allowed to find women, easy to have problems, at most you can only go shopping." ”

"What is he doing? Don't listen to him when you come to me, I'll arrange it for you. ”

Yang Jun still shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, the military order is like a mountain, we dare not disobey." ”

Zhang Lei also knew that this group of pro-soldiers were the most elite soldiers, not comparable to ordinary people like himself, so he had to say stupidly: "Then forget it, I'll prepare more good wine and good food for you, don't drink outside, let's close the door and drink, this doesn't violate military discipline!" ”

"This is okay, thank you Proprietor Zhang!"

.........

With another snowstorm swept through the Hexi corridor, the New Year of the third year of construction finally came, just dawn, a boy's cheerful laughter came from the house of Guo Song Mansion, this is the laughter of Zhang Lei's son Zhang Qingshan, Zhang Lei has three children, the eldest daughter Zhang Yuer is thirteen years old, the second son Zhang Qingshan is seven years old, and the youngest daughter Zhang Min'er is three years old.

Zhang Qingshan is tall and fat, with a fat face and small eyes, which is completely a miniature version of Zhang Lei.

Zhang Qingshan was having a snowball fight with a few little maids in the atrium, Zhang Yuer was very sensible, and hurriedly called out to his younger brother, "Qingshan, it's okay to have a snowball fight, but don't shout, it will affect your aunt's rest." ”

Zhang Qingshan stuck out his tongue, but took advantage of his sister's unpreparedness and hit Zhang Yu'er's neck with a ball of snow, and the snow powder sprinkled into her neck, Zhang Yu'er became annoyed, and also joined the snowball fight group, and a few little maids beat Zhang Qingshan to flee in embarrassment.

Guo Song's mansion is very lively now, not only living Zhang Lei's family, but also Yang Yu's wife Zhao Xuan and posthumous son Yang Xuanwu, Yang Xuanwu is only a few months old, and he can't go out on such a cold day.

Xue Tao was already pregnant, her lower abdomen was slightly bulging, and she was wearing a very wide fur coat, but her one-year-old daughter Guo Weiwei was holding Li Wenyu's hands, and they stood in front of the guest hall, watching a group of children having a snowball fight from a distance.

At this time, Steward Wang walked in and said with a smile: "The bamboo tube has been sawed, let's light the firecrackers together!" ”

"Ignite firecrackers!"

Zhang Qingshan shouted and slipped out first, and everyone didn't care about snowball fights, so they ran outside to light firecrackers, and even three-year-old Zhang Min'er took her sister's hand and ran outside like a little fart.

The firecrackers of the Tang Dynasty were not later artillery battles, or they lit a pile of fire, threw the bamboo tube into it, and then the bamboo tube was burned to burst, making a huge sound, which was a real literal firecracker.

At this time, Guo Song came out of the inner study and said with a smile: "How did the snowball fight end?" ”

Today is the second day of the first lunar month, and the official office has a seven-day holiday, and Guo Song is rarely so relaxed all year round.

"They went outside to light firecrackers." Xue Tao pursed his lips and smiled.

At this time, Xiaowei saw her father, and hurriedly stretched out her little hand, Guo Song hugged her into his arms, and at this time, a huge firecracker sound sounded outside the door of the house: 'Bang! Frightened, Xiaowei quickly turned her head and got into her father's arms.

Guo Song gently patted his daughter's back and smiled: "The eighth day of the first year is that our Xiaowei is one year old, and my father wants to catch Zhou for you, I don't know what you will catch?" ”

"It's better to grab rouge, paintbrushes, and the like, and never grab a sword." Xue Tao said on the side.

"We can't help this, she wants to grab the sword, and I can't do it."

Li Wenyu next to him said with a smile: "Speaking of catching Zhou, when my kid was one year old, his father asked him to catch copper coins, but he grabbed the sword, which disappointed his father, but later found out that what he grabbed was actually a golden sword, a wooden sword and an iron sword closer to him, he didn't look at it, everyone said that what he liked was not a sword, but gold." ”

"It's really a tiger father without a dog!" Guo Song couldn't help laughing.