Chen Pu waited in the inn for almost two hours. The tea was changed three times, and Shang Cheng still didn't come back. The Admiral was nowhere to be seen, General Zhuguo sat in the hall and did not leave, Bao Kan and Suza did not know what was going on, they could neither ask nor dare to inquire, they were so anxious that they were like ants on a hot pot, and they had no choice but to send people to look for them one after another. But the capital is so big, and there are so many bustling and lively places, it is as difficult to find someone in a hurry as it is to find a needle in a haystack......

Even more, the people sent to the mansion of the old minister's soup store and several other ministers' private residences to inquire also came back one after another, but no one brought back any news of the admiral.

Su Zha called Bao Kan, who was talking with Chen Pu, out of the guest hall and asked Bao Kan to have an idea, what should I do now?

Bao Kan grinned: What else can I do? Keep looking!

Su Zha swallowed, glanced at the light in the guest hall, and asked in a low voice: "Captain Bao, what is the important matter that General Chen came to our commander so late?" ”

Bao Kan's eyes widened, and he said, "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" You send all the people out to me, and look for them separately! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to get the overseer back! ”

That's all it can be......

Just when Bao Kan and Su Za were anxious, Shang Cheng was talking and laughing in the private room of the largest tea shop in Xipeng.

He left the Changsha Princess Mansion with a belly full of anger towards Chen Pu. To be honest, he wasn't really angry at the mad monk He Di's disrespectful remarks. How could he be angry with such a person? He knows that there are always people like He Tu in this world, because of religious beliefs, living environment, growth experience or other reasons, they have formed a stubborn and biased narrow understanding of life, so that they have prejudice, discrimination and even hatred towards those around them who have different views from themselves, and sometimes they will have conceptual conflicts with others, which will lead to fierce conflicts. Such people are pathetic, they do not know that life is always different for everyone, and that others cannot and are not obliged to follow what they think is the right path in life; Narrow-mindedness restricts their thinking, making them lack tolerance and broad-mindedness, and they also lose their eyes to observe the society around them......

He was angry with Chen Pu!

It was her home, she was the host, even if he was just an ordinary guest, she should stand up and stop the crazy monk! But she didn't do anything, not only did she not stop the monk, but she even used a smile to encourage the mad dog to bite people!

This is the royal etiquette of the Changsha Princess Mansion? Is this Chen Pu's hospitality? Could it be that she naively thought that she would not be able to see the little trick she wanted to use herself as a gunman?

It's so infuriating!

That's why he slammed the door regardless of politeness, and stabbed Chen Pu fiercely before leaving.

After leaving the princess's mansion, he did not return to the post house immediately, but went to Xipeng with two guards. A few days ago, he had entrusted a large bookstore in Xipeng to prepare a few sets of history books and find a few better notebooks for him, and now that he was about to return to Yanshan, he wanted to go over to see how the bookstore was prepared.

On the way, he met two acquaintances, one by one, Yuan Lan, the big shopkeeper of Yongshengchang, a big merchant in the Pingyuan Mansion of Shangjing, and his cousin Yuan Chi.

He didn't see the two brothers of the Yuan family, but Yuan Chi recognized him at a glance, and Yuan Lan didn't say a word, and gave him a big salute when he got out of the carriage and went to the street, so that he jumped off the horse and hugged Yuan Lan. He just said a few good words for Yuan Lan in the letter to Wang Yi, and it wasn't much kindness, how could he dare to accept this kind of gift?

The brothers of the Yuan family invited him to sit at home at that time, but he refused to agree. Just kidding, he is going to Yuan's house now, so he won't toss other people's families? Yuan Lan had no choice but to change his words and invite him to tea. That's fine. Anyway, he could go to the bookstore sooner or later, and there might not be many opportunities to meet and talk with an old acquaintance like Yuan Lan, so he immediately agreed.

The Yuan brothers immediately led him to one of the top tea houses in the capital.

Now, the three of them sat in the private room eating tea and talking.

Because the topic has been revolving around the bits and pieces along the way from Yixian to Quzhou that year, it is mainly Shang Cheng and Yuan Lan who are talking. There are indeed a lot of things worth remembering along the way, especially when it comes to the thrilling scene of the caravan exterminating the living Zhang, the two of them can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Shang Cheng suddenly remembered that one of Yuan Lan's entourages had been seriously injured in that fire, so he asked, "How is Brother Dao doing now?" Did the injured arm finally heal? ”

Yuan Lan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Shang Cheng would still be able to remember one of his entourages after a few years, and he was silent for a while before saying, "If you can't keep your arm, your ability will be wasted." I confessed that my family had bought him a village outside the city, and gave him some money and two plots of land...... I don't know much more. He said with a guilty look. In order to avoid disasters in the past few years, he has been hiding in Tibet, and he really can't care about this loyal entourage. In addition, this is also the first time he has come back after leaving Beijing, and he can't find time to visit relatives and friends every day......

Yuan Chi, who was pouring tea for the two of them, said: "Brother Dao's matter was handled by me at that time, and I know this matter well. His daughter-in-law and concubine are all powerful mothers-in-law who will make a living, all the land is converted into money, and bought a piece of land at the Guan Gong Temple Wharf to set up a warehouse, and now the business is doing well, last month we sold southern silk from Jiangnan to Beijing, more than a dozen ships of goods are still stored in his warehouse. ”

Shang Cheng and Yuan Lan were a little unconvinced. Brother Dao is such an honest person, and the two mothers-in-law he asks for are so capable? More than a dozen boatloads of goods were put into Brother Dao's warehouse, how big should the warehouse be?

Yuan Chi smiled and said, "Why don't you say that my brother's mother-in-law will make a living?" Last autumn, the imperial court suffered a great defeat in the grassland, most of Yanshan was occupied, and rumors spread everywhere in the capital that the Tuqi people were going to fight, and as a result, the price of grain rose sharply and silk plummeted. When the general was in Yanshan, he exhaled Tianwei to fight and drove away the dogs, and the price of southern silk not only rose back before the year, but also increased by one percent more than the price in the autumn......

Yuan Chi was eloquent, and he told the story of Brother Dao's family getting rich overnight, how the market was depressed at that time, how the southern silk fell badly, how others ridiculed and ridiculed Brother Dao's family when they collected silk and satin, and how they were red and jealous when the market finally recovered, and everything seemed to be what he saw with his own eyes, speaking of tension, even if Yuan Lan and Shang Cheng already knew the final outcome, they still couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Brother Dao.

“…… In this way, in less than four months, there were four or five times the profit, and then a large amount of money was made on medicinal materials. With money, people don't buy land and build houses, all the money is used to buy land on the wharf to build a warehouse, connect several shops, and now it is almost the largest warehouse on the south bank of the Guan Gong Ancestral Hall. I saw Liu Ji's shopkeeper Gao the month before and heard him say that Liu Ji signed a long-term contract with Brother Dao's warehouse, and in the future, the goods from both the north and south will be transferred to Brother Dao. ”

Yuan Lan and Shang Cheng listened to him finish this story with their mouths open. After a while, Shang Chengcai asked: "The high shopkeeper you are talking about is the high pavilion shopkeeper of Yanshan Liu Ji, right?" ”

Yuan Chi said: "It's this fellow general of the general." ”

Shang Cheng asked, "Is he okay?" In the summer, he invited Gao Xiaosan to his home for a meal, and he never saw each other again when he came back. Seeing Yuan Chi nodding, he asked again, "Is the dispute between the two of you resolved now?" ”

"It's almost settled."

Although Yuan Chi's reply was a little vague, Shang Cheng nodded and didn't ask again. It seems that the two firms must have reached some agreement, and after Liu Ji made a certain degree of assurance and concessions, the Yuan family did not force Liu Ji to compensate for the store in Yanzhou. Moreover, listening to the meaning of Yuan Chi's words, Liu Ji's situation has also improved now; This is undoubtedly a thing to be happy about, especially when he thinks that Gao Xiaosan, who is the treasurer of Liu Ji, must have made great contributions in the process of Liu Ji getting out of the predicament, and he is even happier for his friends.

He suggested that the three of them replace the wine with tea and have a drink for everyone's mutual friend.

He still doesn't know that there are many reasons for Liu Ji's comeback, but two of them are particularly important, one is Liu Ji's exclusive Rendan, and the other is the capital injection of Liu Yueer and Aunt Seventeen. Especially the latter, which is the key to the whole thing, Yiyueer and Aunt Seventeen have invested more than 3,000 yuan in Liu Ji before and after, and now they have taken over Liu Ji completely, and have branded the new Liu Ji with a more obvious official and business brand than before, but he is afraid that he will know that he will not dare to let go of his hands and feet in the north to become bigger, so he can only quietly and densely operate in the south......