Jiang Anyi, who was far away in Huazhou, did not know that the Son of Heaven was suspicious of him, and he was doing his best to change the trade situation in the border market.

Guan Pingzhong's seizure of goods from the Gobi enriched the border market, the merchants of Huazhou failed to cover the goods and not sell them, and it was deserted for almost a month, and the merchants who came to buy the goods were about to crowd the border market trade, and the prosperous scene made Shi Mingyu and Yu Qingshan laugh from ear to ear, and the silver once again flowed into the treasury like flowing water.

This time the goods were seized, Guan Pingzhong was very interested, and offered to make as long as 20% of the profits, even so, it is estimated that more than 100,000 yuan can be earned. The court's will to reward him has also arrived, Guan Pingzhong has been promoted by two levels, and the loyal general of the fourth rank has responded to the congratulatory phrase of "promotion and wealth". Drinking water and thinking of the source, Guan Pingzhong knew that his credit came from Xinfei and Jiang Anyi, and prepared a generous gift to personally come to the Assassin Mansion to express his gratitude, and then returned to the military camp with the allocated silver to reward and buy people's hearts.

The most injured person in the whole incident was Mei Hongmin, who had nowhere to say that General Mei applied to the Ministry of War for disarming and returning to the field. Secondly, the depressed envoy Wang Zuoguo was at an impasse in the investigation of the arms theft case in Bingzhou, and he had reported it to Gonggong Feng and Han Dudu in advance, and now the shameful knife was difficult to sheath, so he had to dig deep into Ma Pei. Poor Ma Pei is already completely skinned, and he is talking nonsense, and even Anxi has not escaped his report by protecting Zhu Zipu. Looking at this thicker and thicker confession, Wang Zuoguo wanted to cry without tears, did he dare to interrogate all the officials of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Gonggong Feng's instructions came again, and Wang Zuoguo finally saw a good news, the Son of Heaven intended to let him reward the deputy superintendent with merit after finding out the ordnance case, and he would be stationed in Huazhou in the future. Wang Zuoguo read Gonggong Feng's instructions several times, and figured out a few meanings, first, the ordnance case must be investigated, otherwise there will be no follow-up; the second is that the reward of the deputy superintendent was obtained for him by Gonggong Feng, and he wanted to repay his kindness; the third is that Xin Fei is the wife of Jiang Thorn History, and the heavy responsibility of supervising Thorn History will fall on him in the future; Fourth, Xinfei is a woman, and it is inconvenient to act, so he will have to do more things when he comes forward in the future......

Smart people are easy to complicate simple things, Wang Zuoguo broke open the letter from Gonggong Feng and crumpled it and studied it carefully for a whole day, the light in the room was on until after the third watch, as for what important spirit he experienced, it is estimated that only he knows it. The future is bright and bright, but first we must overcome the difficulties in front of us and end the ordnance case with honor.

The next day, Wang Zuoguo came to the Shuaifu, expressed his sincere greetings to Yang Houye, and apologized for not accepting Yang Dashuai's leadership when he came to Bingzhou. Yang Xiangliang smiled politely, and then the two tacitly turned to the topic.

Wang Zuoguo took out Ma Pei's thick confession, presented it to Yang Xiangliang, and said with a smile: "Dashuai, this is Cangcao Shi Mapei's confession, there are too many people involved, and I can't tell if it's true or not, so I'm here to ask Dashuai for instructions." ”

Yang Xiangliang did not accept the confession handed over by Wang Zuoguo, and said: "The Longwei Mansion handles the case, and the marshal has no right to interrogate, and the special envoy Wang only handles the case impartially, as long as there is solid evidence, the marshal will never stop the envoy from asking the case." ”

Wang Zuoguo had no intention of staying in Bingzhou for longer, he wanted to close the case as soon as possible, rush back to Huazhou to be his deputy supervisor, secretly gather power according to Gonggong Feng's instructions, and wait for Xinfei to become the first person in the six northwestern states of Longwei after she became pregnant.

However, to perfectly close the case and hand over to Beijing, it is inseparable from Yang Xiangliang's cooperation, but Yang Houye is as slippery as a loach, and there is nowhere to start, Wang Zuoguo is secretly anxious, and the smile on the surface is even more earnest, and he said: "When the humble post went out of Beijing, Gonggong Feng and Han Dutong both confessed to the humble position, and asked the marshal for benefit if he was undecided, the Son of Heaven had made it clear that he was humble, and the case of the loss of ordnance involved the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the marshal was also investigating the case, so that the humble post often reported to the marshal, and worked together to solve the case as soon as possible." ”

Yang Xiangliang secretly sighed in his heart, why didn't I see you report to Ben Shuai at the beginning, Fang Kun is dead, and the clue is broken, but he remembered that Ben Shuai is here, and he must ask for something.

Yang Huaiwu, who was standing on the left, saw the thick confession and the idea was turning, it seemed that Wang Zuoguo asked for a little Mingtang, and this thick confession must have involved many people. Since his father was appointed as the governor of Anxi, although he secretly used his hands and feet to suppress the Zhu family forces like Mei Hongmin, Zhu Zhipu has been operating in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate for eight years, and the residual power is still alive.

After making up his mind, Yang Huaiwu said respectfully: "Father, the loss of ordnance case is involved in the officials in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and this matter is difficult to get rid of in the Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Yang Xiangliang pondered for a moment, bowed slightly, and Yang Huaiwu took the list from Wang Zuoguo and put it on top of the handsome case. Yang Xiangliang looked at the confession slightly, and said: "Huaiwu is specifically in charge of the case of the loss of ordnance, Special Envoy Wang, you can discuss the result with the dog and then tell me." This marshal is busy with military affairs, so he won't accompany him much. ”

Wang Zuoguo hurriedly got up to send Yang Dashuai away, Yang Huaiwu picked up the roster and took Wang Zuoguo to his office, the two of them got together to maximize their interests, and those whose names were on the confession were inevitably bleeding.

It snowed in August, and it began to snow in some places in Huazhou in September, and Jiang Anyi was recently busy paying attention to whether the Salesian orphanages in various counties were ready for the winter, food, clothing, and charcoal.

Guo Huaili's caravan finally entered the Huiye Mansion and lived in the accommodation that had been purchased in advance. Guo Huaili is going to stay in Huazhou for a long time this time, and he is even preparing to bring his wife and children after the beginning of spring, Jiang Anyi is very moved by Guo Fatzi's strong support. In Guo Fatzi's words, "use food to express", Jiang Anyi personally renovated a table of food to entertain Guo Huaili. There are also several stewards who came to Huazhou with Guo Fatzi this time, the Jiang family came to Huang Dongshui's brother-in-law Qiao Anmin, and the Yu family and the Guo family each sent two stewards, who seem to be shrewd and capable people.

In addition to a few older ones who are in charge of the fields and mountains at home, Huang Dongshui and Huang Donghu follow their third uncle Huang Kailin to take care of business in Xinqi County, Huang Donghe and Huang Dongjiang are shopkeepers in the Yongchang Emperor's capital, and Huang Dongquan is spreading branches in Fuluo County.

Seeing that Guo Fatzi was eating with a mouth full of oil and a happy face, Jiang Anyi was full of guilt, Brother Guo came to Huazhou and suffered a lot, and his disc face became a little longer, but he looked more energetic.

After being full of wine and food, Jiang Anyi and Guo Huaili went to the study to drink tea and chat. Guo Huaili saw that Xinfei was not there, so he asked with a wink: "Xiao Jiang, have you told Xinfei about Tong'er?" When I came, Lao Xu and his wife asked me to say more good things to your daughter-in-law, but I was a little panicked when I saw her and didn't dare to speak. ”

Xin Fei has been in Longwei for many years, and her status is high, and her words and deeds will inevitably reveal a sense of coercion. Seeing that Brother Guo, who was so used to being very arrogant, was actually scared, Jiang Anyi felt funny, and said: "Brother Guo, Xinfei is very good, you can treat her as a brother and sister like Dong'er, they are all your own family, you should talk about it and laugh." ”

Pouring tea for Guo Huaili, Jiang Anyi said: "I have already told her about Tong'er, Xinfei is reasonable, and said to help me find a way, the key is to see if Tong'er can break the knot, as long as she is willing, I will marry her into the door." ”

"That's good", Guo Huaili stretched out his hand to wipe a handful of sweat on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Your daughter-in-law is a big man in Longwei, tsk, when I was a child, my father cried if he didn't buy me candy, my father always scared me to cry again Longwei arrested me in prison, for Longwei, I am in awe, I will not be afraid of your boy marrying a princess, but I married the deputy governor of Longwei and the superintendent of the secret guard, how dare I talk nonsense." But then again, with your daughter-in-law here, I am doing business in Huazhou, it is not about the wind and the rain, who dares not to give Uncle Guo face, and directly let Long Wei arrest people. ”

"With your point of interest, Lord Ben Thorn Shi can't protect you?" Jiang Anyi feigned anger.

The brothers laughed a few words, and Jiang Anyi said: "Brother Guo, do you know all about the establishment of a border city in Huazhou to collect commercial taxes?" ”

"I heard from a few guys in the shop. Xiao Jiang, cutting off people's wealth is like killing your parents, you are hated, and the old merchants in Huazhou are eager to eat your flesh and drink your blood. Guo Huaili smiled with a hippie smile.

Jiang Anyi said solemnly: "Brother Guo, although there is some popularity in the border market at the moment, it is not a long-term solution, I want you to think of a way, how to open up the situation?" ”

Guo Huaili crossed Erlang's legs and smiled: "Xiao Jiang, I am not as good as you in reading, and you are not as good as me in coaxing girls, now I want to add one more sentence, you are far inferior to me in business." Doing business pays attention to whether I have you or not, strange goods can live, waiting for the price and selling is a means of doing business, you hold Pingshan wine, gold and jade liquid, and perfume in your hand These unique strange goods, you will be forced by others to do nothing, my old Guo despises you. ”

The perfume business is a huge profit, it is simply a money-grabbing thing, and there are not a few people who are red-eyed, but everyone knows that behind the perfume business are the queen and the prince. And the secret of perfume production is not revealed by the Jiang family, countless people have failed to try to make perfume with flowers, and the unique business means huge profits, no wonder Queen Wang once wanted to seize the perfume industry of the Jiang family.

At the beginning, Queen Wang set a quota of 50,000 bottles per year, but as the fame of perfume spread to the Western Regions and the Northern Desert, the output of 50,000 bottles was far from meeting the demand. The price has risen from fifty taels to eighty taels, and it is still limited to sale every day, and many perfumes have been ordered by the ladies of powerful families before they enter Beijing.

Silk, tea, ceramics, medicinal materials, paper, these are the commodities purchased by the merchants of the Western Regions, and now there is an urgent need - perfume, in order to get the perfume, these Hu merchants are willing to pay twice the price, one hundred and fifty taels to buy, but the monks have more porridge and less, and there are not many merchants who can buy perfume, so a bottle of perfume to the countries of the Western Regions is a tribute to the king, in exchange for the reward ten times and a hundred times the purchase price, so the Hu merchants are eager for perfume.

When Jiang Anyi set up the border city of Huazhou in Shangjuan, he wrote to the crown prince and asked him to transfer it to Empress Wang, hoping to sell 20,000 bottles of 50,000 taels of perfume water to Huazhou, and the Jiang family would also ship another 10,000 taels of output to Huazhou, and the dividend to Empress Wang would be increased to 400,000 taels per year.

Since the profit of the perfume, the queen has lived a good life in the palace, every move of the harem is in her hands, the prince is old, and the expenses are also large, the queen nodded and agreed to the dividend of 100,000 taels, this time Guo Huaili evolved the state, and brought 5,000 bottles of perfume.

Guo Huaili gave a lesson, Jiang Anyi listened closely, and poured tea for Guo Fatzi from time to time to prevent him from having a dry mouth. Seeing that Zhuang Yuanlang was taught by himself and nodded again and again, Guo Huaili was full of pride, a winner in life, and his brother can do it in business.