Chapter Seventy-Seven: Xiping Mansion
This morning, when the students came home from vacation, Lu Zifei slept lazily, not very lazy, and got up at about eight o'clock, the first thing was not to brush his teeth and wash his face, but to trot all the way to the greenhouse to see his lush vegetables, the temperature in the shed was very high, smelling the fragrant smell of green vegetables, Lu Zifei's nose washed in the air, and a sense of satisfaction arose, Lao Xu slapped his thigh several times in front of him, saying that he regretted not listening to the owner's words, and planted vegetables together, Otherwise, he would have woken up happily when he slept and dreamed.
Lu Zifei, who was still intoxicated, was tapped on the shoulder, so frightened that Lu Zifei almost dragged a finger-thick cucumber off the vine, turned back to the man and said, "Grandpa Wan, can you not be so elusive in the future, put a good road and don't go, you have to hide in a place where people can't see it." ”
Wan Ming said with a gloomy face: "What are you doing here, didn't you tell you not to come?" I'll take care of the food here, you killed a sweet potato seedling last time you came, if you dare to touch that thing again this time, you'll spend the rest of your life in bed, right? ”
Lu Zifei said: "Didn't you pay attention last time? Besides, Grandpa Wan, it's not a matter for you to live here all day, it's damp here, it's not good for your health, we Zhuangzi have so many guards, don't you worry about them? ”
Wan Ming said: "I don't worry about anyone, I don't worry about myself, you are a happy person, you have never been hungry, I don't know what it is like to be hungry, I don't tell you, you don't understand, this thing is not as good as you say, deceiving me is not the same as deceiving the emperor, the emperor will not treat you well, I am the one who has been in charge of the prison, what kind of boiled frog in warm water, cross carving heart, everything is proficient, when the time comes, I will let you enjoy it one by one." ”
Lu Zifei smiled and said: "I can lie about anything else, not in this matter, after the end of the Song-Xia War, I have also seen Yan'an Mansion and Qingzhou several places, floating corpses all over the ground, selling children and daughters for a bite to eat, and even more so Yizi eating, are there still fewer people starving to death near Luoyang?" How could I deceive you with a clear conscience. ”
Wan Ming said: "The success of this matter is a good thing for you to accumulate yin virtue, people are doing it, the sky is watching, and the heavens will not disappoint you." ”
Lu Zifei said: "Grandpa Wan, can I hear the little wolf say that you are very good?" ”
Wan Ming smiled and said: "The idea has hit me, you just want me to help you kill people, can you take out the corresponding chips?" If you say it, I might agree to it. ”
Lu Zifei said: "I know that there is a place where there is rice that crops three times a year, you help me train a few people, how about I go and help you get it back next year, sweet potatoes can satisfy hunger, but not as a staple food, rice you know." ”
At the same time as Wan Ming stretched out his hand, Lu Zifei squatted on the ground and pinched a few sweet potato seedlings, Wan Ming's hand stopped stiffly, and said: "I know that the place is not going to look for it quickly, I know to do some bullshit all day long, when it comes to business, you are uncomfortable here, there is a big event there, have you told the emperor about this matter." ”
Lu Zifei nodded and said, "I said, I'll go next year, and some conditions are not available yet." ”
Wan Ming said: "It's very good, make money while not forgetting your duty, let it go, and you go down to the cave in a while, there seems to be something going on on the gunpowder side, they can't solve it, you go and see if there is a way." ”
Lu Zifei said: "Didn't I tell you about this matter, don't I want to interfere anymore?" I don't have a hand in the army and weapons. ”
Wan Ming snorted and said, "If you want to go, you will go, what nonsense?" I'm still here to call the shots. ”
After blowing the cow for a long time with the old man, he felt hungry, and on the way back, he met a tiger with a spring breeze on his face, and the beard said: "Brother Wang Chao has brought people from Kaifeng, you go to see people first or wash your face." ”
Lu Zifei said happily: "What kind of face do you wash, go to see Brother Wang, I haven't seen him for three months, it's good to see him recently." ”
When I arrived at the living room in the front yard, I saw Wang Chao looking at the door, Wang Chao saw that he also walked over quickly, the two hugged each other, Lu Zifei said: "I heard Huzi say that my eldest brother went to the capital?" ”
Wang Chao said: "There was a problem with the accounts of the Xifeng Wine Store in Beijing, so I went to check and check, and by the way, I watched a good show. ”
Lu Zifei instantly understood, he said, "Has the matter been resolved?" ”
Wang Chao took out the letter and handed it to Lu Zifei and said: "Li Gongzi wrote everything that happened in the letter, you can see for yourself." ”
After reading the letter, Lu Zifei said to Huzi: "Go and call Miss Li over." ”
Wang Chao pointed at Xiao Yun, Lu Zifei ignored it, first went to brush his teeth, washed his face, and came back just when Master Li also arrived, Xiao Yun knew Master Li, and the moment he saw it, he thought he had recognized the wrong person, until Master Li nodded to him, he confirmed that he was not mistaken, Xiao Yun was curious about Lu Zifei's identity, there is such a family in this vicinity, covering an area of hundreds of acres, building houses and workers are crowded at a glance, and there are many people riding horses to patrol, and Luoyang is not so big to put on a show!
After Lu Zifei sat down, Su Mu brought a bowl of soy milk, wiped his mouth and looked at Xiao Yun after drinking it and said: "I'm very busy, I'll probably tell you, if there is anything in the future, you can find Miss Li, your agent Xifeng wine time is one year, free, if you want to act as an agent in the future, then you need to pay for it, the price is set to death, the same as Kaifeng City, but we let five yuan per bottle, you can find the store yourself, after you find it, we will go to someone to help you deal with the decoration piece, and the service is also our people, and you are not allowed to use your people, This is a mandatory regulation, and the salary of the personnel is also paid by you, understand? ”
Xiao Yun thought about it for a while, Luoyang is such a big city, the flow of people is also large, and the consumption of hundreds of thousands of bottles of wine every year is easy, so that there will be millions of dollars a year, which is something that I never dared to think of before, as for the decoration and service staff costs that this son said, it can cost a few dollars, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "Understood"
Lu Zifei said: "If you understand, you can step back, just remember Miss Li, and the junior sister will train a group of waiters first." ”
Master Li was still a little confused, but Lu Zifei didn't look at her and Xiao Yun after he finished speaking, this situation is that he has more important things to do, Master Li left with Xiao Yun, Lu Zifei asked Wang Chao and said: "Brother Wang, what is the situation in the business bank, I haven't received a letter to report the situation for so long." ”
Wang Chao said: "This time I brought more goods, nearly three million, and finally transported away with the help of a huge number of people, when I went to Kaifeng, they wrote that they were to Weizhou, Fan, Han After the two adults explained that they took a rest and set off now may be to Lingzhou, right?" It is now Xiping Mansion. ”
Lu Zifei said expressionlessly: "Three million loads of goods and hundreds of cars, you will not transport them all into the Western Xia country at one time." ”
Wang Chao hurriedly said: "How come, the goods will stop when they arrive in Gyeongju, first let people bring about 500,000 guan to test the water, and then we can discuss the transaction place separately, the party is too greedy, then I will transfer to Jinzhou, take the direction of Taiyuan into Liao, our early preparations and a large number of personnel into Xia, Liao to inquire about the news took tens of thousands of guan, there are three sets of mature plans, all kinds of unexpected situations are basically taken into account, even if there is a loss will be minimized." ”
Lu Zifei said: "This is the best, money and goods are trivial, I urgently need to know the situation in Western Xia." "Next year is a turning point in the fate of Western Xia, and the Yeli clan will be beaten to the dust by Li Yuanhao next year in history, and this opportunity should not be missed.
Wang Chao said: "This work has been handed over to dozens of young people to do, they have not been on the battlefield, it is not easy to be discovered, we have taught them everything you wrote, and it is more than enough to find out the news without doing anything to have a good relationship with those barbarians." ”
Lu Zifei said: "You told them that they didn't say that they would do things under the condition of ensuring safety, our manpower was already insufficient, and I had to put many things in Luoyang under the sun, and many things would need them to do in the future, and talents were the most precious." ”
Wang Chao said: "I told them very seriously, it's good to go out to exercise and exercise, in the words of you scholars, if you want to bear the crown, you must first bear its weight, if you want to get it for nothing, you can only go to the wishing pool to be the eighth king." ”
Lu Zifei was amused by his words, although he had the wisdom crystallization of hundreds of millions of people in his head, his energy was limited.
The advance army of the merchant house stopped not far from Xiping City, Xiping Mansion (Lingzhou) as the gate of the northwest of the Northern Song Dynasty, the geographical location is self-evident, this is also the reason why the first stop was chosen here, the people who smuggled from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Western Xia entered from here, and the people who wanted to go to the Great Song Dynasty from the Western Xia also came out of this, when there was no war, there were mutual markets between the two sides, it was very prosperous, and now the war passed not long ago, it seems that the control is still relatively strict.
As the leader of the firm this time, Wu Qing said to the other three people: "We are assigned by different people, but we have a common purpose, if you have anything to say, say it now, don't make a bad deal when the time comes, don't say that I am ruthless." ”
Wang Boyi is an old man of the secret spy department, he doesn't look down on this group of fake monks who are halfway monks, he said mercilessly: "Since we have arrived in Xiping Mansion, let's separate, you do your business, I do my business, and don't interfere with each other." ”
Bu Su is unswervingly on Wu Qing's side, they are all people from the business house, Zhou Yaoqing is a person sent by Shaanxi Prefecture, he thought about it for a while or decided to follow Wu Qing, and glanced at Wang Boyi apologetically, Wang Boyi snorted and left the team alone.
Wu Qing said: "It is much easier to unify the front, we are all careful, and we can communicate at any time if there is any situation." ”
After Bu Su and Zhou Yaoqing agreed, Wu Qing shouted loudly: "Enter the city"