Daqin, Chang'an City

Zhao Cheng only came back the day before yesterday, first went to the court to see Qin Zheng to report the situation, and then went to the Taiwei office to register for the record, and then he was able to go home to meet his parents and relatives, he was really busy and couldn't touch the ground......

As busy as he is, there is also Zhao Gao, as one of the three princes, the captain has to supervise the defense of Chang'an and the palace ban, and is also responsible for recruiting troops and making weapons, he is busier than Zhao Cheng.

As a result, the two of them wandered around several adjacent yamen for a day and did not see each other, even if they returned to the residence across the wall at night, they would continue to be busy with the case.

Finally, when Zhao Cheng met Qin Zheng again the next day and accepted the cabinet inquiry of the Revolutionary Committee on behalf of Wang Li, he was able to chat with Zhao Gao.

Originally, Zhao Gao deliberately asked for leave to pick up the wind for his younger brother in the afternoon, but the news that the two departments had misunderstood and was beaten with a stick came again.

Mark and his entourage had a very good relationship with Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng could only hurriedly enter the palace, ready to plead with Qin Zheng, but fortunately, in the end, Qin Zheng didn't ask about the matter at all, and Zhao Cheng was relieved.

Later, Qin Zheng had two banquets, and Zhao Chengdu left a "rubbing meal" when he was there, but when the banquet came out, he still pressed the mark and counted it, and after scolding, he sent someone to send medicine, food and clothing......

After going back and forth like this, Zhao Gao still didn't have a good reunion with Zhao Cheng, and he could only go back to his house to rest in the evening, and when it came to today, Zhao Cheng had already made up his mind and was ready to say hello to his brother.

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, an "uninvited guest" was already waiting at the door, and the person who came was none other than Bai Pu, a commercial officer whose hair had turned gray in the past two days.

It turned out that after he took over the task of Qin Zheng to communicate with wealthy businessmen to build Hedong, he has been running around Daqin non-stop, using the meager connections of his ancestors to pull people everywhere.

Of course, he is a business official newly invented by Qin Zheng and has no real rights in Chang'an, plus the interpersonal relationships that have been weakened for several generations, it is really ineffective to go down like this.

So he listened to Zhang Cang's suggestion, asked Qin Zheng for a qualification to convene a merchant conference, and sent invitations to large and medium-sized businessmen around Chang'an City.

But seeing that the day is approaching, there is still an important person missing in this meeting, that is, the second-in-command on the surface of the Daqin Hedong Governor's Mansion, and the actual one who catches the Hedong Governor - Zhao Cheng.

The Hedong Governor's Office may have to implement militarized management for a long time in the future, and under such a highly centralized means, Zhao Chengcheng, the Hedong Governor with military power, is the "Emperor of the Soil"! Only with his participation can this meeting have the highest credibility.

It's just that the first person in Hedong has been busy with life and death these days, and he doesn't have the time to communicate with Bai Pu at all, so he has blocked the door today.

"Bai Shangshang, what the hell is wrong with you, I have to go to the Military Command Department after greeting my brother, what do you have to make a long story short!" Zhao Cheng said eagerly.

Bai Pu knew that Zhao Cheng was indeed very busy, but he would definitely not be so busy that he didn't even have time to talk to him for a while.

And although this task was given to him by Qin Zheng, as the actual "head" of Hedong, his strategic and tactical space will be much smaller if the economy is not good, so Zhao Cheng must have other reasons for being so eager.

In fact, the reason is very simple, just because Zhao Gao had mentioned this matter to Zhao Cheng when he had a brief meeting with him yesterday.

At that time, Zhao Gao made it clear that one of their brothers now controls the Taiwei Office, the city defense of Chang'an and part of the palace guards, and the other has more than 10,000 armed men of all kinds in a county in Hedong, and there are dozens of millions of Korean people under his command.

No matter how you look at it, the impact is too big, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you can cover the sky with one hand, if you participate in the industrial and commercial promotion of Hedong and even the world again, then after the thing is completed, it will not be a high achievement?

Zhao Gao has served Qin Zheng for many years, so he naturally knows that he is the male lord and he can't accept that others have more credit than himself, but he can't accept that the other party's credit is greater than a group of people, or in all aspects.

Therefore, the original Yingzheng would appreciate Han Fei and be suspicious of his death, and would suspect Wang Jian and Wang Ben, but he hid Wang Ben too early and let Wang Jian retire.

Even though the current Qin Zheng is not the same as Ying Zheng in all aspects, Zhao Gao still remembers that terrifying look, and he is still walking on thin ice in the face of Qin Zheng.

Therefore, Zhao Gao's idea to his younger brother is: absolutely obey Qin Zheng's arrangement, and appropriately help Bai Pu deal with the problem, but never take the lead, don't let Qin Zheng and Bai Pu think that he is here to grab the "head".

In this way, Zhao Cheng, who was not good at the economy, did not go to see Bai Pu directly, but concentrated on handling his own affairs, the first is military affairs, the second is marriage, and helping Mark deal with the aftermath......

In other words, Zhao Gao hoped that he could establish a relationship with a noble lady in Great Qin before leaving, preferably the kind of clan woman who was in the middle of the family, so that he could improve his level and avoid Qin Zheng's suspicions.

But he couldn't stand Bai Pu's "dead skin", his great cause couldn't do without Zhao Cheng's help, so he had to wait at the door of Zhao Cheng's house before dawn.

Even if Bai Pu was exposed to the cold and wind, and even if he was once regarded as a thief, he never moved half a step, just to see Zhao Cheng for the first time and get his support.

Zhao Cheng originally wanted to continue pretending, but when he saw that Bai Pu's lips were frozen and purple, his snot couldn't stop flowing down, and he looked at him expectantly, which was a little unbearable.

"Please come in." Zhao Cheng was not Zhao Gao or not, and he raised his hand to let Bai Pu in.

Bai Pu saw that the "battle" was successful, and hurriedly saluted and hurriedly entered the house, Zhao Chengcheng ordered someone to boil ginger water to entertain him, the purpose was also to drive away the cold for him.

After a while, the two sat under the pavilion in the courtyard, Bai Pu held the ginger water in his hand, enjoyed the hot air on his face, and spoke first:

"Captain Zhao, you must also know the purpose of Xiaguan's visit this time, Your Majesty wants to help industry and commerce in Hedong, you need a large amount of investment and appropriate policies, as well as the protection of the Governor's Mansion, you see?"

Of course, Zhao Cheng knew Qin Zheng's thoughts, but he also knew what the clan nobles led by Yingyi were thinking.

The military merit system and the county system have greatly reduced the status of the aristocracy, and if the industry and commerce are brought up again, what advantages do the nobles have? At that time, I am afraid that there will be no military merits, and no merchants will have money, and even the workers and peasants will be dismissive of them......

Although the Zhao brothers are not typical aristocratic families, nor are they military landlords, and they don't even treat them very well on both sides, but the Zhao family's philosophy of life is not to wade into troubled waters and help industry and commerce run Hedong? Unless there was a written order from Qin Zheng, their brothers would definitely not end up in person.

Based on this concept, even if Zhao Cheng listened to Bai Pu's righteous words and talked exaggeratedly, he didn't intend to open this convenient door for him, even if it might be what Qin Zheng meant.

So the conversation reached an impasse not long after the beginning......