In the evening, Li Zhongyi invited Wang Zhongying to a light meal. The dishes on the table are four cold dishes, four hot dishes, plus a chicken soup with mushroom meat slices and vermicelli, and the wine is still the "Craft Champion Red" brewed by the Li family.

Wang Zhongying didn't like to read since he was a child, and it just so happened that Li Zhongyi was also a "semi-illiterate" who had never read the Four Books and Five Classics, so the speechless scholar was completely left behind.

During the banquet, after chatting, Li Zhongyi learned that Wang Zhongying's mother is actually the only living sister of Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, and Wang Zhongying is the only son in the family.

In this way, Fu Yanqing's only nephew, who went as far as Xiangzhou to welcome Li Zhongyi, the prime minister, can be regarded as more important.

Wang Zhongying's father, Wang Shenghe, was a jinshi in the former Tang Dynasty, and is currently under the command of Fu Yanqing, serving as Sima of the Daimyo Mansion.

Because Fu Yanqing himself is also in charge of the affairs of the famous government, Wang Sheng and this Sima of the First Mansion are equivalent to the chief civil servants under the Fu family.

After the establishment of Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Kaifeng Mansion was the capital, called Tokyo, also known as Bianliang. At the same time, Luoyang is the western capital, and the daimyo's mansion is Beijing.

Because, the Daimyo Mansion shoulders the heavy responsibility of resisting the southern invasion of the Khitans as the hub of Hebei, and its status is still above Luoyang, Xijing.

Fu Yanqing is not only the envoy of the Tianxiong Army and the Daimyo Mansion Yin, but also the father of the two queens, the maternal ancestor of the current crown prince, he, the great warlord of the Northland, plays a vital role in today's court situation.

Li Zhongyi took a sip of wine and asked Wang Zhongying with a smile: "Where is my brother now?" ”

Wang Zhongying's face turned ashamed, and he replied in a low voice: "The younger brother has no success in studying. Xi Wu is afraid of hardship, and has always followed his uncle's chief steward to learn to take care of the business of a cheap businessman. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly. This Wang Zhongying is really a wonderful person, and this kid is also very interesting.

Ordinary gentlemen, if Wang Zhongying had such a solid background, his tail would have been raised to the sky, how could he be so humble and sincere?

Of course, maybe Fu Zhaoxin had leaked Li Zhongyi's details before, so that Wang Zhongying knew that he was Li. I like "shrewd honest people" the most.

The so-called shrewdness naturally means that people are not stupid and know how to be flexible. The so-called honest people. That's to treat people who are worthy of interacting with each other, and treat them with sincerity.

When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and you can't have the heart to harm people. The heart of defense is indispensable. It is impossible to tell the truth to everyone!

"Hehe, money is a bastard, but a person without money is worse than a bastard. Brother Zhiyuan, do you think that's the case? Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth, and treated Wang Zhongying a little closer than before.

In these years, Shinong and industrialists, among the four people who were cared for by the Son of Heaven. In particular, the status of untouchable merchants is the lowest.

For example, the family of a doctor or a dignitary. Most of them will not arrange for their descendants to do business.

However, Wang Sheng and this former Tang Dynasty jinshi actually allowed their son to engage in business, not to mention anything else, just talking about this mind, it is worthy of admiration.

Wang Zhongying opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Zhongyi blankly, his mind was a little unable to turn.

Wang Shenghe has always mentioned to Wang Zhongying, the world is becoming more and more peaceful, and the more peaceful it is, the more it is the world of scholars.

Moreover, in the political hall of the current imperial court, not to mention Li Gu, Wang Pu and Wei Renpu, the three prime ministers of Jinshi, even Prime Minister Fan Zhen was also born in Jinshi.

Reading is indeed very important, but unfortunately, in addition to knowing many words, Wang Zhongying has only two of the nine books and the Five Classics.

In order to force Wang Zhongying to read the scriptures, Wang Shenghe even broke more than a dozen wooden sticks when he was angry, but to no avail, he had to do it.

Now, Li Zhongyi, a young prime minister who was one of the eight prime ministers of the dynasty, actually agreed with Wang Zhongying's business behavior, how could he not be extremely surprised?

"Brother, ......" Wang Zhongying slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Xiaoyaojin, I actually forgot the Xiaoyaojin Bazaar in the famous sea, it should be beaten, it should be beaten." ”

After Li Zhongyi arrived in the Great Zhou, the first major thing he did was to build the Xiaoyaojin Market with his own hands, which was a golden hen that continuously laid "golden eggs".

Because Li Zhongyi has not personally intervened in the affairs of businessmen for a long time, Wang Zhongying did not think for a while that what was sitting in front of him was not only the prime minister of the dynasty, but also a generation of business masters who gathered the masterpieces of businessmen.

With a common business language, Wang Zhongying's original fake politeness turned into real affection, and he pestered Li Zhongyi to ask questions like a curious baby.

Li Zhongyi is an alternative, not only does he despise businessmen, but he thinks that the whole country is truly promising.

In fact, the reason is very simple: the core problem of the agrarian nation that has never been able to escape the "cycle of chaos" is not only land annexation, but more importantly, the employment of landless peasants who have swelled to a serious surplus due to the long period of peace.

That's right, it's the issue of employment, which has always been the biggest problem in the minds of successive rulers.

Before the era of big industry, the model of small-scale peasant economy could not be maintained for too long, and the entire social system would be washed away due to the population explosion, the large-scale mergers of the elites, and the backwardness of agricultural production methods.

In troubled times, human life is worse than dogs, and after the warlord war, the population plummeted, and the new ruling group forced the redistribution of land with the threat of a great victory, thus opening the "door to the vicious circle" again.

The so-called land annexation of the elites is actually a rational choice in line with human nature. Due to the prevalence of Confucianism and mercantilism, coupled with the constraints of a self-sufficient and closed small-scale peasant economy, the elite used the power at hand to hoard land as the best way to preserve and multiply their value.

In various dynasties, due to the serious shortage of copper coins, silver and other currencies, land has always played the role of hard currency.

In the peaceful years, one acre of good water irrigated land, at least fifteen copper coins. If it is a good field close to the suburbs of Beijing, it will be even more valuable.

The procedures for buying and selling land are far from being as cumbersome as in later generations, and the cost is still high and difficult. In this era, land transactions only require the buyer and seller to go to the yamen to prepare a case, and after the deed is signed, a large seal is affixed, and a little handling fee is charged, and the transaction is considered successful.

There is also a kind of land transaction, which is even simpler, the buyer and the seller can invite Li Zheng and famous witnesses, and they can make a white deed, and even the handling fee to the government is saved.

Due to the serious lack of family planning means in this era, in essence, Li Zhongyi is an industrial party and a commercial party.

Only by developing industry on a large scale will it be possible to solve the problem of employment for a large number of surplus people in the rural areas. At the same time, limited by the constraints of the times, commerce, a service industry, can also absorb a large number of labor.

Based on this, Li Zhongyi has a different kind of closeness to Wang Zhongying, a close son of a wealthy family.

I'm not alone!

Li Zhongyi raised his glass frequently, while explaining in detail the complete history of Xiaoyaojin Bazaar, Wang Zhongying stared at Li Zhongyi with brilliant eyes, he slapped the table from time to time, shouting wonderful, so that the maids who were waiting on the side looked sideways.

"Brother, the younger brother understands it this way, low prices, sufficient goods, and many merchants, so that the needs of merchants can be met through the wholesale and retail model you said." Wang Zhongying shook his head and said, "The silk silk from place A is sold to place B, and then the grain needed by place A is brought back from B, and there is no empty road back and forth, and the capital turnover is ...... Oh, you're talking about efficiency, it's extremely high......"

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, as soon as Wang Zhongying mentioned the way of doing business, he didn't drink any wine, and he didn't bother to use chopsticks to pick up the dishes, and he talked endlessly all the way.

Perhaps, Li Zhongyi completely scratched Wang Zhongying's itch, and he said with his hands dancing: "The business and credit service club set up by my brother is wonderful and wonderful......"

Li Zhongyi secretly observed, but felt that although Wang Zhongying was young, he was a plastic talent in business.

It's just that, how can you take such a business talent into your own arms? Well, that's a real problem.

The banquet began before dark, but because the conversation was in full swing, it lasted until late at night, and the guests and hosts broke up happily.

That night, Li Zhongyi took advantage of the wine, rode on the body of the little lady of Zhu'er, and galloped for a long time.

On the second day, Li Zhongyi took the time to meet with Xiangzhou Thorn History, as well as local squires and celebrities.

After some idle eggs, Li Zhongyi threw away his ears full of flattery, and accompanied by Wang Zhongying, set off north to the Daimyo's mansion.

After heading north from Xiangzhou, we drove for another two days, and on the morning of the third day, we officially arrived at the Xiangquanyi Station on the border between the Daimyofu and Xiangzhou.

The prime minister's travel is not trivial, Li Zhongyi's whereabouts along the way, there are special people riding fast horses, back and forth between the road and the Daimyo's Mansion, so Fu Yanqing is completely aware of the exact time when Li Zhongyi arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion.

Li Zhongyi was lazily leaning on the peony's chest, enjoying the sliced red fruit cut by the little bamboo lady in his mouth, and suddenly heard Wang Zhongying, who had been accompanying the carriage, shouting: "Ah, why did the eldest cousin of the prince come in person?" ”

"Hey, the prince of Wei Wangfu, Fu Zhaoxin's eldest brother, Fu Zhaoyuan, actually came to the state border to greet him in person?" This thought flashed through Li Zhongyi's mind, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, interesting, very interesting.

The prince of Wei, the eldest young master of the Fu family who will inherit the title of county king in the future, is certainly much lower in status and real power than Li Zhongyi.

However, this is already the highest-level representative that the Wei Wangfu can send except for Fu Yanqing, which shows that the Fu family has expressed special importance to Li Zhongyi, at least in terms of surface etiquette.

Since the Fu family set up a shelf, Li Zhongyi was naturally not too rude, he slowly got out of the car, stood proudly next to the car, and quietly waited for Fu Zhaoyuan to come over.

In a short time, a middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and a brocade robe walked quickly in front of Li Zhongyi, bowed his hands, and said respectfully: "In Xia Fu Zhaoyuan, I came to greet the blameless minister at the order of my father." ”

Li Zhongyi's eyes flashed slightly, cough, there is no blame, but he is not a more formal Li Xianggong, it seems that this Fu Shizi will never be given to idle people! (To be continued......)