"Brother Xiaoyi, are you familiar with Xiaoyaojin?" Murong Yanzhao's question aroused Li Zhongyi's great attention, and he knew that Murong Yanzhao was asking him about the inside story.

"There are too many idlers in that place, and most of the merchants who come and go to the Bianhe River do not unload their goods there." Zhang Xiaoyi deserved to be inquired about it, and said the bleak situation of Xiaoyaojin.

Li Zhongyi was not surprised, and he was not too surprised, he had expected that Chai Rong would never let him go so lightly.

However, Li Zhongyi's soul comes from the era of globalization when commerce and trade were unusually advanced. Even if he is just a famous doctor, he is a good friend in the circle, who is either in business or as an official, and he knows more or less about the operation mode of modern commercial trade.

If Li Zhongyi is just a cloth cloth and grass people, it is indeed a little difficult. However, he is now the commander of Xiaoyaojin, even if his grade is small, he is still the chief officer of the dock of Xiaoyaojin.

"Who is in charge of the neighborhood behind Xiaoyaojin?" Murong Yanzhao asked Zhang Xiaoyi very casually.

Zhang Xiaoyi grinned and said: "That is the boundary of the three regards, the government and Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties can be managed, but they are all troublesome and don't care too much." ”

"Ah, that's a bit of a problem." Murong Yanzhao frowned, and took care of Li Zhongyi.

When Li Zhongyi heard that it was a realm of three things, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "If it's not troublesome, how can I show my true ability?" ”

With Li Zhongyi's experience in officialdom, the more departments that manage the same thing, the more troublesome it becomes. The more you manage, the better it is.

No matter what, whether it's the five dragons to control the water, or the ten tigers to control the medicine. The more departments involved, the larger the vacuum area, and the space left for Li Zhongyi to operate will not be small.

What Li Zhongyi is most worried about is that he has only one top boss, and he draws a dead circle for him, and he is not allowed to cross half a step.

Murong Yanzhao asked Zhang Xiaoyi a lot about Xiaoyaojin. Li Zhongyi stood aside, listened very carefully and seriously.

Wait for Zhang Xiaoyi to leave. Murong Yanzhao spread his hands and sighed, "Damn, the situation is too complicated, a little one is Xiaoyaojin." There are several gangs (gangs) alone. It's hard to do. ”

Zhao Kuangyin felt that Li Zhongyi was completely indifferent, so he smiled and said: "Brother Hualong, how can it be difficult to fall into a talent like Mr. in a trivial matter?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly interjected and said: "Second brother, our family still has some spare money, I will talk to A-Niang when I go back, and when I pour it, take some money out." Prop up the scene for Mr. ”

"Tingyi, wait until I see the situation in Xiaoyaojin on the spot. Besides, right? Li Zhongyi only learned about the situation in Xiaoyaojin from the side, and he has always been cautious, so naturally it is impossible to run the train with his mouth full and be angry.

Zhao Kuangyi, the word Tingyi, this word is still his mother-in-law, Mrs. Du took it personally. It can be seen that this Zhao Laosan's status in Mrs. Du's mind is indeed extraordinary.

While having lunch in the wine shop, Murong Yanzhao complained: "What kind of meal is this, it's too far worse than Mr.'s." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, no matter which dynasty, there are many foodies, and he has an inexplicable pursuit of belly desires.

In order to entertain Li Zhongyi, Zhao Kuangyin ordered a large table full of so-called "good dishes to accompany wine", including: fruit (dim sum), roasted meat, Hu cakes, soup cakes, noodle soup, and vegetable soup that was cooked badly.

Li Zhongyi looked at a fruit called Huahongguo, no matter how he looked at it, he thought it was an apple, but the size of this Huahongguo was obviously small, only a few circles larger than a jujube.

As for the so-called Baiwei soup on the table, the new method of quail soup, and three crispy soups, Li Zhongyi lost his appetite after just looking at it.

It was the idler (guest waiter) holding the basket, and the seasonal fruit platter and the like that made Li Zhongyi feel bright.

Cantonica melons, salted radish strips, apricot slices, sour plums, plum ginger, lettuce shoots and quail dumplings (a kind of wonton), Li Zhongyi looked a little pleasing to the eye, picked up chopsticks and tasted a little bit of everything, and finally, he decided that he should only eat salted lettuce shoots and quail dumplings, other things are too unpalatable.

As for the yellow and black wine, Li Zhongyi only drank half a cup and felt that it was difficult to swallow.

Unlike Hou Shu, which has a bumper grain harvest every year, Hou Zhou has a very strict liquor system due to the lack of grain production and the need to purchase it repeatedly, that is, the liquor is monopolized by the government.

In this Kaifeng City, except for the liquor shops opened by the top elites, the ordinary folk liquor shops can only provide turbid rice wine, and there can never be a very waste of grain craft liquor.

"Alas, I could have gone to the best Judexuan. It's just that I've been a little bit torn apart with Zhang Yongde recently, and I'm embarrassed to take you again. Zhao Kuangyin felt carefully, Li Zhongyi rarely moved his chopsticks, and obviously he didn't eat well, so he quickly explained.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said: "Brother Yuen Long, I have traveled all the way, and there are many wine shops in Kaifeng now, but it is a pity that there is no high-grade wine shop." ”

"Yes, yes, after drinking the jade liquid incense from Mr.'s house, it is difficult to swallow these bird wines." After Murong Yanzhao shouted, he suddenly thought, "Yuen Long, aren't you very familiar with the gang of people who drink wine, why don't you help Mr. become a 'wine shop'?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "As long as Mr. is willing, what's so difficult about this?" ”

"Then thank you Yuen Long." What Li Zhongyi was waiting for was Zhao Kuangyin's words.

To tell the truth, the main reason is that Da Zhou's liquor has a monopoly, and Li Zhongyi is a newcomer, except for the Zhao brothers and Murong, there are no connections.

The bottle exchanged a lot of copper coins for gold and silver in advance, although when opening the seal and exchanging it for huàn, it may lose some of it, which is much better than throwing them all away in vain.

In other words, Li Zhongyi now has no shortage of start-up capital to make money in business. Now, Zhao Kuangyin has used his privileges to help him make up for the required government concessions, which means that everything is in place, and only Dongfeng is owed.

No matter which dynasty or generation, if you want to do something special, you need special channels, and connections, money and power are indispensable.

"Sir, do you know why His Majesty asked you to take care of Xiaoyaojin?" Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Zhao Kuangyi and Murong Yanzhao, who were eating and drinking, and asked Li Zhongyi in a low voice.

Li Zhongyi picked up a pair of chopsticks and lettuce shoots, smiled slightly, and said, "What is the most lacking thing when sending troops to fight?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin said without hesitation: "Logistics supplies, grain and grass, bows and crossbows, pack horses and people." ”

"When you fight, you fight for money and food." Li Zhongyi swallowed the lettuce in his mouth, and then explained, "The Central Plains has not yet been unified, and the barbarians in the north have been eyeing each other, and more than 100,000 elite forbidden troops need a lot of materials and money to feed. ”

"However, over the years, my Great Zhou has fought almost every year, and the grass people have hardly had a chance to recuperate, so what His Majesty lacks most at present is money and food, not an additional hundreds of thousands of elite tiger ben." Li Zhongyi actually has a layer of meaning that he didn't say it, and he didn't dare to say it.

Li Zhongyi faintly felt that Chai Rong had always been jealous of him, and it was unlikely that he would be able to control the military power for the time being.

Thinking about it, Li Zhongyi actually trained a group of local buns from the countryside into tigers and wolves with amazing combat power in just a few months.

No matter who became the emperor, with such a ruthless character who controlled heavy troops around him, was it possible to sleep peacefully and sleep soundly?

In fact, Li Zhongyi never thought that he could lead troops to fight as soon as he arrived in Dazhou. To put it in his heart, if he hadn't been forced by Chai Rong, he would rather nest in this prosperous Kaifeng City for the rest of his life, do business, collect some beauties, and run around the yard with little babies, how cool is it?

Since Chai Rong did not allow Li Zhongyi to touch the military power again, Li Zhongyi naturally thought of grasping the financial power.

No matter how brave and tenacious the Great Zhou forbidden army is, without a large amount of money and food to support logistics, it will only get poorer and poorer, and the more it fights, the more exhausted the national strength will become.

In Li Zhongyi's opinion, with Chai Rong's ears and eyes, he should have known about his old story of selling wine in Shu for a long time, I'm afraid he wants to test his ability to make money, right?

In short, no matter what Chai Rong thinks, if Li Zhongyi wants to maintain a moderate influence on the emperor, he must do a big job of making money under Chai Rong's nose.

After ten days off, Li Zhongyi traveled all over the major markets in Kaifeng, and basically knew the best-selling handmade products.

In order to avoid startling the snake, Li Zhongyi deliberately did not go to Xiaoyaojin, anyway, he has time, and after he officially takes office, it is not too late to slowly clean up the situation.

In the past few days, the bottle has counted the floating wealth of the family, and there were originally more than 400,000 copper coins, but due to the loss of gold and silver, as well as the pure loss hidden in the ground and unable to take it out, there were only less than 150,000 yuan left.

The old entourage led by Huang Jingsheng was not missing, and they all followed to Kaifeng Mansion.

In addition, Li Zhongyi has secretly connected with Wang Dahu, and it has been arranged to take Fei Meiniang to Kaifeng.

The day before he officially went to Xiaoyaojin to take office, Li Zhongyi had lunch, put on his dark green official uniform, got into a carriage, and went to report to the prefect of Kaifeng.

When Li Zhongyi rushed to the Kaifeng Mansion, the pavilion in front of the yaya was already crowded with petty officials at all levels wearing green robes and green robes.

"Yo, this benevolent brother, so young, I don't know what position I have?" Li Zhongyi had just walked to the side of the gazebo, and before he could gain a firm foothold, he heard someone beside him greet him.

Li Zhongyi turned around and saw that he was also a nine-rank petty official in a green robe, this person was also handsome, but there was a faint hint of frivolity in his demeanor.

"In Xia Li Zhongyi, there is no blame for the word, and he is currently in the Xiaoyao Jin Order. I don't know my brother's surname? Li Zhongyi is a new official, so he naturally doesn't want to offend his colleagues at will, so he is very polite.

The man smiled and said: "In Xia Wang Hongjiang, the word Bai Song, is the lieutenant of Yanjin County." Seeing each other today is fate, and I will have a treat later, how about a few drinks together? ”

According to the Zhou system, the lieutenant of Jingxian was a petty official from the eighth rank, which happened to be half a level higher than Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi arched his hand and smiled: "Since Brother Bai Song is so hospitable, then it is better for the lower officials to be respectful and obey their orders." ”

"Hehe, Wang Baisong has always been hospitable, and everyone will go together later." Someone in the pavilion heard their conversation, and they stirred up the crowd and started a heckling process. (To be continued!)

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