Guo Jincheng said respectfully: "Back to the third uncle, my father said that this is to make a temporary profit, and to lose the trust of a thousand years, he is not allowed to do this." ”

The fat businessman is naturally Zhang Lei, he also came to visit the glass house today, in fact, he has been here many times, these times are to study its business opportunities, I didn't expect to meet my nephew Guo Jincheng, and Guo Jincheng's words made him suddenly enlightened, isn't this a gemstone business that makes huge profits?

But Guo Jincheng's words made him a little disapproving, he pouted and said: "Your father doesn't understand, everything is scarce, as long as its production is controlled, it will be scarce, and I don't transport the whole ship over, as long as it is packed in a treasure chest, or inlaid on porcelain, it is guaranteed to make those princes and nobles of Fanbang fascinated to death." ”

Bai Juyi next to him was a little interested, and asked with a smile: "It is only sold to princes and nobles, what if the wealthy also want these gems?" ”

"It's very simple, one is to control the output, and secondly, it is graded, and the large, pure ones are sold to the nobles, the small ones, with a little impurities, are sold to the wealthy families, and the smaller ones are sold to the medium families, and then they are given a nice name, such as emerald stone.

Then repeatedly told those foreign ladies that the emerald stone is not only the marriage star that Yue Lao plucked from the night sky, but also shows his status and wealth, as long as he conquers them, he is not afraid that the men will pay for them obediently? ”

Zhang Lei's business experience made Guo Jincheng frown, but Bai Juyi was amazed, "My predecessor is the most clever businessman I have ever seen!" ”

This sycophant made Zhang Lei very comfortable, and he asked with a smile: "Cheng'er, is this your friend?" ”

Xue Qing hurriedly whispered a few words in Zhang Lei's ear, Zhang Lei suddenly understood, Guo Jincheng introduced Zhang Lei: "This Bai Juyi is a good friend of his nephew, and he is also participating in the imperial examination today. ”

Bai Juyi hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Junior Bai Juyi sees uncle!" ”

Zhang Lei nodded and said with a smile: "You prepare well for the imperial examination, after the imperial examination, I will sponsor you to travel and see more of the world's great rivers and mountains." “

This is what Guo Jincheng dreamed of, and he hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that my father won't agree!" ”

Zhang Lei waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'll go and tell your father that he understands people, as long as he is safe, he will agree." ”

........

In recent years, the business of the tea shop in Chang'an West City has begun to improve, thanks to the government's efforts to promote tea culture, and also thanks to the "Chang'an Express" telling the tea scriptures for several years.

Every morning, the tea shops in the West Market are crowded with small vendors who come to wholesale tea.

In the middle there is a tea shop called 'Bashu Chuanxiang Tea Shop', in more than 20 tea shops can only be regarded as medium, covering an area of about three acres, the façade is not wide, relatively narrow and long, very deep into it, the last side is against the Cao River, there is also its own independent small wharf.

The business of this tea shop is very good, it can sell dozens of loads of tea every day, and five or six guys are busy every day.

The proprietor of this shop is surnamed Li, the first surname in the Tang Dynasty, and it is really common, his name is Li Wulang, about 30 years old, medium stature, he likes to drink tea and chat all day long, and the business in the shop basically does not matter, it is handed over to the shopkeeper, and everyone can see that he is better at making friends.

"Li Dongzhu, you have to be idle today!"

A fat woman next door greeted the proprietor with a smile.

Li Wulang smiled and said, "Aunt Tian is criticizing me for having nothing to do!" ”

"Where do I dare to criticize Li Dongzhu, just kidding, it should be stocked in the next few days!"

"There should be goods delivered today, and it's not easy to come from Chengdu."

"It's really not easy, you have to go over the mountains and mountains for thousands of miles, but I heard that the imperial court is repairing the Danba waterway, once it is repaired, the goods of Bashu can also enter Chang'an through the waterway, our imperial court is really powerful!"

Li Wulang laughed dryly, "Generally, the imperial court will repair it!" I don't think it's a big deal. ”

The fat lady raised her eyebrows, and she was really a little dissatisfied: "Li Dongzhu is a little unconscionable when he says this, Ruizong, Xuanzong, Suzong, Daizong, Dezong, so many generations of emperors, which one has built Danba Road?" They don't pay attention to it at all, they don't take the interests of the people to heart at all, they only want to exploit businessmen, we all have scales in our hearts, and we know who is good and who is not! ”

Li Wulang didn't expect that Aunt Tian, who had a kind temper and never got angry, was actually angry, he was stunned for a long time, and said: "I know, I won't say anything to make Aunt Tian angry in the future, there is still something, I'll go back first." ”

Li Wulang touched the nail, went back to the store stupidly, walked into the shop, and a guy ran to him and said, "The proprietor, the chief steward is here." ”

Li Wulang's face became serious, and he immediately walked to the backyard, and when he came to the backyard, a tall middle-aged man was standing in the backyard with his hands in his hands, Li Wulang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "See the chief steward!" ”

The chief steward said coldly: "Your performance at this point has been very unsatisfactory recently, far inferior to the other points, the master is very dissatisfied, do you know it yourself?" ”

Li Wulang hurriedly said: "Chief Steward Mingjian, in the past two months, we have adopted twenty orphans in the tea house in Hanzhong, our tea shop is limited by congenital deficiencies, and it is impossible to openly recruit disciples like the martial arts hall, but it is already very good to adopt twenty orphans, not to mention ......."

Li Wulang saw that the chief steward was staring at him fiercely, and he didn't dare to say any more.

The chief steward snorted and said, "What else do you want to say?" ”

Li Wulang plucked up the courage and said: "Actually, the chief steward should know that the internal security has been very tight recently, and the lowly position thinks that we must be cautious, once we are arrested, the hard work of the guild master for so many years will be in vain." ”

Li Wulang's words made the chief steward's face soothe a lot, he nodded and said: "What you said is also a little reasonable, we have recently disappeared a brother, which is really worrying, okay, Chang'an don't make any moves, I will go and tell the master, you wait for the news!" ”

After speaking, the chief steward walked out of the backyard door, and there was a small boat with a canopy moored on the riverside pier.

Li Wulang stood on the dock and watched the ship go away, he also had an indescribable uneasiness in his heart, he was just a small minion of this organization, his task was to hand over the profits earned every year, and to develop ten new members every year.

Their organization is very mysterious, not to mention who the leader is, or even what is the name of this chief steward and where does he live? Li Wulang didn't know anything, and the other tentacles of this organization, he only knew that a martial arts gym in Xinfeng County was also, and several of his buddies had gone there to train martial arts.

As for what the purpose of this organization is, whether it wants to become the biggest underworld in the world, or wants to rebel into a feudal town, etc., Li Wulang doesn't know, he feels like an ant, so small, so meaningless.

Li Wulang remembered the words of the chief steward again, what do you mean by the recent disappearance of a brother? Are they already being targeted by the internal guards? Li Wulang thought for a while, and walked back to the backyard worriedly.

.........

In the internal guard prison, an internal guard straightened out a confession in front of Wang Yue, "Commander Qiyu, this is his confession, the three confessions are the same, there should be no falsehood!" ”

Wang Yue carefully read the confession and said to him: "Protect this person first, don't be killed." ”

"Obey the order!"

Wang Yue read the confession again, and was really a little frightened, so he immediately got up and went to report to King Jin.

.........

Guo Song was also discussing the military situation with Zhang Qiu'an in the Qilin Hall of the Jin Palace at this time, and Guo Song had just received news that Zhu Zhu's envoy had arrived in Kunguan, obviously wanting to negotiate with Chang'an.

Zhang Qiu'an smiled slightly: "Actually, the humble function guessed Zhu Jun's bottom line, he must have wanted to exchange the three states of Qi for Cuihan, but the humble position feels that the three states of Qi can be exchanged for Yuzhou and Yingzhou for them, what does His Highness think?" ”

Guo Song nodded and said: "Xiangguo's idea coincides with mine, since Cuihan has been obtained, it is impossible to return it to them, at most return Mianchi County to them." ”

"In fact, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness underestimated the role of Mianchi County, although it is of little significance to us, it is just a small county town, but it puts more pressure on Zhu Zhu, like a knife hanging over Luoyang's head, and Weichen believes that since the south has been reunified, the next step should be to put the noose around Zhu Zhu's neck, and slowly strangle it, this negotiation does not need to make too many concessions, there is no need."

Guo Song walked a few steps with his hand, came to the map, looked at the map on the wall and said slowly: "The three states of Qi are already dead chess against Zhu Zhu, if he doesn't give up, the 30,000 army will definitely be wiped out, but I heard that Wang Chongxin, the envoy of Qi State, is also in Luoyang, will Zhu Zhu want to use Li Na to make a deal with me?" ”

Zhang Qiu appeased his palms and laughed: "Your Highness can see it thoroughly, Zhu Zhu has always liked to do businessless transactions, they must want to use Qi State to do transactions, Your Highness might as well drag out the negotiations for a few months, see what Zhu Jun should do?" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "Xiangguo is right, let's delay it for a few months." ”

At this time, the guards reported outside the palace, "Your Highness, the internal guard commander Zhang has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Let him in!" ”

Zhang Qiu'an also got up and said, "It's not early, Weichen should go back." ”

Zhang Qiu knew with peace of mind that the internal guard was directly managed by the King of Jin, unlike the Jin Wei Mansion, and sometimes Pan Liao could be asked to intervene, and the affairs of the internal guard would not let other ministers interfere.

Guo Song didn't stop him, Zhang Qiu'an got up and said goodbye and left.