"It's just a little money, how can it be more important than the brotherhood between you and me."

Kou Ji learned that Zhang Cheng was in a hurry to send him money, and complained a little unhappily.

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he groaned and shouted, "What do you mean by a little money?" ”

Zhang Cheng patted the box next to him and said in a deep voice: "The gold and silver in it are worth about 200,000 yuan." If I hadn't followed you, I would never have seen so much money in my life. ”

Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "The pawnshop is so profitable? ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head, leaned over to Kou Ji's side, and said in a low voice: "The pawnshop doesn't make much, but Vientiane Building is really profitable." In accordance with your method, I have changed some ways of selling, and often invite those dignitaries to participate in the sale in our Vientiane Building.

The speed of making money is like grabbing money, piling up in our warehouse.

Our Vientiane Building opens late, if we open everything early, we will earn more. ”

When Kou Ji heard Zhang Cheng's words, he thought about it for a while, and he didn't feel strange.

Pawnshops don't make much, which is to be expected.

Vientiane Lou is trying to collect money, and if you think about it a little, you can understand it.

Remove the new way of selling Vientiane Building, as well as the way of commissioning.

Just by virtue of his and Liu Heng's identity background, it is enough for many dignitaries and nobles to enter the Vientiane Building to consume.

Although their purpose is not simple, it may be to ask Kou Ji or Liu Heng to do things, or it may be to ask the people behind them to do things, but when they get together, they form a top customer circle.

Vientiane Building, which has a group of top customers, has naturally risen with the tide and has become a top store for top customers.

As the top store of the Great Song Dynasty, it is normal to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in a few months.

Compared with those government-run shipyards, salt works, iron yards, etc., it is purely a drop in the bucket.

Kou Ji looked at the box at Zhang Cheng's feet and asked, "Liu Heng's share, and yours, have you all shared?" ”

Zhang Cheng nodded heavily.

Seeing this, Kou Ji nodded and said, "Then I'll accept the money." When the men and stewards of Vientiane Lou are successful, we can consider setting up Vientiane Lou in various provinces and capitals. ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said in a low voice: "I can't hide it, I also have this idea, but my knowledge is limited, and I'm afraid I won't be able to support this field." What's more, we have limited manpower, and the yard is too big, so I'm afraid we can't support it. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Take your time, don't rush." What we have is time. ”

Zhang Cheng nodded slowly.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Don't stand at the door. Come on, I'll let you go to my courtyard first, and I'll look for you later." ”

Subsequently, Zhang Cheng and his entourage, led by Kou Ji, went to the courtyard where Kou Ji temporarily lived.

After settling down with them, Kou Ji asked people to prepare wine and food for them, and at the same time found a few maids to serve them.

Koji himself returned to the door and continued to greet the guests.

It stands to reason that the matter of welcoming guests has to be called Eli Lilly.

It's just that Kou Li doesn't have much status in the mansion, and he doesn't have much presence in Bianjing City, and he can't cope with some high-ranking officials.

For example, Li Di and Wang Zeng, who arrived at noon.

If Kou Li came forward to greet others, they might not have a good conversation with him, and they would even feel that Kou Fu was neglected.

If Kou Ji comes forward to greet others, people can still talk about Kou Ji about officialdom, and with Kou Ji's status in officialdom, people will not feel sluggish.

Although the rules were strict in ancient times, many times it was based on personal status.

Kou Ji stood at the door to greet the guests until the afternoon.

Most of those officials in the officialdom were led to the Kou Zhun Yuan.

Kou Ji's own guest, Kou Ji arranged it in his own courtyard.

After mid-afternoon, there are basically no customers coming to the door.

Kou Ji hid in his yard and accompanied Zhang Cheng, Erbao, and Lu Ming to drink, eat, and brag.

After more than half a year of transformation, Zhang Cheng has successfully transformed from a son-in-law to a big businessman.

Opening your mouth and closing your mouth is basically a matter of business.

Erbao and Lu Ming, after more than half a year of study, have also changed.

They are no longer as childish as before, they are more bookish, they talk and do things, they are organized, they occasionally quote scriptures and classics during their conversations, and it can be seen that for most of the year, the two little guys are very hard working and have learned a lot of things.

Koji chatted with them until the evening.

gave Zhang Cheng's Bao'er, Erbao, and Lu Ming, and one of them a big red envelope wrapped in red silk before sending them out of Koufu.

Erbao had the heart to stay and wanted to accompany Kou Ji more, but Kou Ji did not agree.

It's not that Kou Ji is ruthless, but Erbao is now the time to study, stay by his side, he will definitely be instructed by him to run all kinds of errands, and after a long time, he will definitely abandon his studies.

sent Zhang Cheng and his party away.

Liu Heng stepped on the sunset and arrived at Koufu.

This guy has some today, wearing gold and silver, and he can't wait to hang all the valuable things on his body.

As soon as he saw Kou Ji, this guy shouted: "Fourth brother, the little brother can't spend a lot of money now, what do you say?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and pouted: "I heard that Gao, Cao, and Pan have horse farms outside the city, and your Liu family is also a general, why don't you also get a horse farm?" ”

The smug on Liu Heng's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by an embarrassed face.

The horse farm outside Bianjing City is not something that anyone can build if they want to.

First of all, you have to have a large enough field outside the city.

Then you have to turn the fields into pasture for the horses.

It is also necessary to introduce well-known purebred horses from Liaoguo, Xixia, Qingtang, Dashi and other places.

You have to give every famous horse a skilled groom.

In addition, you have to assign guards to the horse farm and assign people to take care of the horse farm.

Some special famous horses have to be accompanied by some food with high nutritional value.

In short, the cost of opening a racecourse is very large.

It is far from being able to be solved by the little money that Liu Heng just got.

Kou Ji suddenly twisted Liu Heng's thoughtful mind into the soil, and then slowly asked, "Have you been grounded?" ”

Liu Heng nodded and said: "The ban has been lifted a long time ago, but at the end of the year, the matter of the pile sealing warehouse is a little busy, so I didn't come to you." ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded, and walked towards the mansion, "Go in and say." ”

Liu Heng followed behind Kou Ji and walked towards the mansion.

As soon as he walked two steps, before he stepped on the threshold of Kou's mansion, he heard someone say in a loud voice: "Brother Kou, Brother Liu Heng, and wait for us." ”

Kou Ji and Liu Heng followed the prestige, and saw Cao Tong and Fan Zhongyan coming from synesthesia.

Seeing this, Kou Ji was a little surprised.

A pure Wenchen, a Wenchen with a martial arts identity on his back, can actually walk together.

When they got closer, Kou Ji greeted him and asked, "You didn't entertain guests at the house, but you came to see me?" ”

Kou Ji's eyes fell on their hands, and he said, "I also brought something." ”

Then, without waiting for Cao Tong and Fan Zhongyan to talk, he complained to Liu Heng beside him: "Look at others, look at you." ”

Liu Heng snorted: "I didn't come empty-handed, I invited a golden Buddha for you in Daxiangguo Temple." The presiding officer of Daxiangguo Temple said that it would be placed on the golden hall and chanted every day to consecrate it. I'll send it to you in a few days. ”

Kou Ji, Cao Yan, and Fan Zhongyan were all happy when they heard this.

Cao Tong smiled: "In this way, your gift is more valuable than ours. ”

Cao Tong held the box in his hand and said with a smile: "I know that Brother Kou knows a little knife skills, so I specially took this one from my grandfather's collection of famous knives and gave it to Brother Kou." ”

Cao Tong handed the box in his hand to Kou Ji and advised: "This knife was taken from a general in the Southern Tang Dynasty when my grandfather exterminated the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is a rare treasure, you should treat it well." ”

Kou Ji held the box containing the knife and hesitated, "Isn't it too valuable?" ”

Cao Tong shook his head and said, "Although this thing is precious, it is not a fine product in my grandfather's collection. In the treasury that he left in the house, it is better to give it to Brother Kou. ”

Kou Ji took the box and arched his hand: "Then I will thank you first." ”

Cao Tong smiled brightly.

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile on the side: "Your gifts are worth a lot of money, so I can't handle my gifts." ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "There is no distinction between high and low, the most important thing is that friendship." ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly: "I have not been in the officialdom for a long time, and I have no long things. Most of the money issued by the imperial court was for the old mother. This morning, I heard that Brother Kou was dominating in Yanfu Palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, so he took advantage of the opportunity to make a picture of the night banquet in Yanfu Palace.

Gift to Brother Kou Xian. ”

Kou Ji accepted Fan Zhongyan's picture of the night banquet in Yanfu Palace and invited them to enter Kou's mansion together.

When I got to his yard, I sat down.

Kou Ji asked, "You don't entertain guests in the house, why did you all come to my house?" ”

Cao Tong said with a smile: "I have many brothers in Cao Mansion, and naturally there are several uncles of mine and my brother Cao Xu to entertain guests, and I am not qualified to entertain guests." Yu Qi accompanied those maids in the house to quarrel, it is better to come to you, Brother Kou.

At the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, I was humble and could not enter the palace.

But after my father returned home, he told our brother about Brother Kou's feat in Yanfu Palace.

Brother, after I heard about Brother Kou's feat in Yanfu Palace, my blood was boiling, and I immediately wanted to come to Brother Kou.

If it weren't for the busy day of the pilgrimage meeting yesterday, I would have arrived yesterday. ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile on the side: "I have not been promoted to Bianjing City for a short time, and I have not yet settled down, and my old mother, wife and children are all in my hometown. I'm too bored to be alone in the house, so I'll come and talk to you. ”

Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng.

Liu Heng shouted: "My father is not here, he left the mansion a few days ago. My eldest brother is nowhere to be seen. My second brother took advantage of the absence of my father and my eldest brother to toss around in the house. I didn't bother to talk to him, so I came to you. ”

When Cao Tong and Fan Zhongyan heard this, they covered their mouths and snickered.

Kou Ji was the only one, frowning.

Seeing this, Cao Tong and Fan Zhongyan smiled with their hands.

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji suspiciously, and asked, "Brother Xian, could it be that Liu Heng's father and brother left the mansion, there is a problem?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at the three of them and said in a low voice, "So far, I won't hide it from you. Even if I hide it from you, you will know it after a while.

The Liao people wanted to conquer Western Xia, and the imperial court wanted to take the opportunity to cut meat, so they had already sent troops.

Liu Heng's father and brother, eighty percent were sent to the battlefield. ”

Liu Heng, Cao Yan, and Fan Zhongyan were stunned when they heard this.

Cao Tong hurriedly said: "The Liao people want to conquer Western Xia? When did it happen, and why didn't we hear about it at all? ”

In the battle of Song and Liao, no matter who sent troops first, it would not be long before the other side would get the news.

Then according to the opponent's troops, the direction of the invasion, make corresponding deployments.

This time, the Liao people conquered Western Xia, but there was no warning.

Cao Tong naturally felt surprised and wanted to ask clearly.

Kou Ji explained: "In order to take Western Xia in one fell swoop, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu made a lot of cover-ups for sending troops this time. So to this day, the Western Xia people have not found out about the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu's troops. ”

didn't wait for Liu Heng and the three to ask.

Kou Ji added: "The reason why the imperial court was able to find out about this matter is also inferred from many clues. In order to avoid leaking the news, he didn't spread it around and kept doing it secretly. ”

As a disciple of the general, Cao Tong has read a lot of the art of war, and through Kou Ji's words, he has already judged the intention of the imperial court to take the opportunity to send troops.

Cao Tong said in a deep voice: "Is the imperial court trying to take advantage of the fierce war between Western Xia and Liao, and take the opportunity to take advantage of the meat?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Cao Tong clenched his fists and said excitedly: "If it is a war between Western Xia and Liao, it can fall into a stalemate." The imperial court would be able to gain more territory. ”

Kou Ji said: "The imperial court has already promised the right to do things cheaply for the two families, and allowed them to take the opportunity to intervene during the war between Western Xia and Liao. With them stirring up the situation, this war will definitely not be over so quickly, it will only become more chaotic. ”

Cao Tong clenched his fists, thumped his thighs, and shouted, "Great...... After many years, my Great Song Dynasty can expand its territory again. Recovering Yanyun is just around the corner. ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded excitedly and said, "When I heard that such a quick thing happened, I should drink three hundred cups often." Brother Kou Xian, you won't be stingy with the drinks in the house, will you? ”

Cao Tong also looked at Kou Ji and said loudly: "Go to the bar, Brother Kou." Let's have a drink together for the Great Song He. ”

Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "Naturally, there is no shortage of drinks, as long as your stomachs are spacious enough, you can drink as much as you want." ”

Fan Zhongyan laughed and said, "Happy! Now Fang knows that Brother Kou Xian is also a person in temperament, and he should be cited as a confidant. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's easy to say......

Kou Ji ordered the servants who served them to serve wine and food.

When Fan Zhongyan and Cao Tong were laughing, Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng, who was silent on the side, and said in a low voice: "Worried? ”

When Fan Zhongyan and Cao Tong heard this, they stopped laughing and looked at Liu Heng at the same time.

Liu Heng barely squeezed out a smile on his face under the gaze of the three of them.

He pretended to be free and easy: "I don't know why, after hearing that my father was on the battlefield, I always felt a little unhappy." ”

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