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"Master Hou, Fan Niangzi from Huaxia Qianzhuang is visiting and is waiting in the living room!" Chen Xu hummed a little song and returned to the Hou Mansion, and the housekeeper hurriedly greeted him to report.

Chen Xu washed his hands and face, cleaned up, and went to the living room to meet guests.

Fan Caiying is as thin as ever, looking delicate, especially today with a new set of new skirts, the body is full of the charm and style of a mature woman, bringing Chen Xu a completely different visual experience from a group of teenage girls in the house.

"Cai Ying meets Master Hou!" Hearing Chen Xu's footsteps, Fan Caiying stood up and greeted the door early to salute.

"Miss Caiying is exempt!"

Chen Xu entered the house with a smile on his face, asked Fan Caiying to sit down and chatted for a while, Fan Caiying talked about the things discussed a few days ago, and now he has found five local tyrants who are interested in investing in bus companies.

"Since I have found it, then prepare a banquet at the Qinghe Hotel tonight, and discuss this matter with Miss Caiying when the time comes!" Chen Xu nodded.

"Okay, Caiying will go back and make arrangements, and welcome the Hou Ye at the Qinghe Hotel in the evening!" Fan Caiyingfu saluted, her cheeks flushed.

Chen Xu naturally knew why Fan Caiying blushed, and when he thought of the charm and gentleness of the hotel last time, he actually felt his heart pounding a little, this woman was definitely the most empathetic stunner he had ever encountered now.

Chen Xu's empathy is not spiritual, but the most primitive desire for comfort, that is, people's great desires...... Sex.

With the water gently, Chen Xu can talk to his heart, with the fifth princess, Chen Xu can talk about love, with Meng Wan, Chen Xu can talk about music, song and dance, originally he could talk about business with Fan Caiying, but I don't know why, every time Chen Xu saw Fan Caiying, he only had the simplest desires, but he could only suppress it, and the longer he suppressed, the more he had all kinds of improper thoughts, so Chen Xu could only avoid Fan Caiying as much as possible on weekdays.

But hiding around, he still didn't dodge, he was seduced by Fan Caiying when he was taking a nap and couldn't help it, but this kind of thing has been going from the second time to the second time, from the second time to the third time, and then to the point of being perverted now, when I saw her, my mind was full of circles and forks.

In Shen Shizhong, Chen Xu arranged for the carriage and horse to go to the women's college in person to pick up Shui Qingrou and Xing'er Yu Ji, and after settling the three of them, the time was almost time, so Chen Xu told the housekeeper to take the car to Qinghe Garden after a few words.

It is now sunset, which is the coolest and most leisurely time, and the people who have eaten Shen Shi are out to go shopping and play.

The street at the entrance of Qinghe Garden is as lively as ever, people come and go, the dazzling array of snacks and items for sale, the sound of cheers in the Lingering Fragrance Garden on the opposite side comes and goes, it should be someone performing equestrianism, and the sound of dense horse hooves continues to come.

Luxury carriages come in and out from Qinghe Garden, some go to the hotel for banquets, some go to the Qinghe Theater to watch singing and dancing, and some come to Qinghe Store to buy goods, several of the carriages are sitting on the noblewomen of the princely and princesses' families, one of them is very bold wearing a new set of skirts, although the color is elegant, but it looks like it adds a lot of chic and charming, and there is also an embroidered fan in his hand, after seeing Chen Xu, he actually half-covered his face and threw a wink at Chen Xu, Chen Xu, who was so frightened, was so frightened that he almost fell off the carriage.

"Hee-hee~" The carriage staggered, and a chuckle of a noble lady came from behind him.

After the carriage drove into the courtyard and stopped, Chen Xu wiped the sweat on his forehead, and Fan Caiying, who had changed into a new skirt, had already waited at the door of the hotel with several invited wealthy businessmen.

"Greetings to Master Hou!" A group of people saluted each other, and after Fan Caiying introduced them one by one, they exchanged a few words, and a group of people surrounded Chen Xu into the hotel.

Today's banquet is arranged in Chen Xu's exclusive Rising Sun Dongsheng Pavilion, because Chen Xu has arranged people to greet him in advance, so the banquet has already been prepared, the seats and drinks are full of dishes and tableware have already been placed neatly, a few bottles of Qinghe wine are placed in the center of the table, and the sunset glow is reflected in the window, the room is not only fragrant, but also full of all kinds of dishes and exquisite glass wine glasses are flashing with attractive light.

"You may be seated!"

After Chen Xu led a group of people into the room, there were stewards and maids to serve, although several businessmen were all wealthy people with great reputations, but in front of Chen Xu, the most popular marquis of the dynasty, they did not dare to have any arrogance, and after sitting down cautiously, they all did not dare to speak like elementary school students.

"Don't be nervous, and many people also know what Ben Hou does, in fact, Ben Hou is also a businessman, and you are all the same way, and after today, Ben Hou and you are also partners, and make a lot of money together in the future, come, and you are full of wine, drink a glass to express Ben Hou's heart!"

Several maids hurriedly poured Qinghe wine next to each other, the red wine exuded a clear fruity aroma in the transparent glass wine glass, and Chen Xu stood up with the wine glass.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, I'll wait to drink with Hou Ye!" Fan Caiying stood up and held her wine glass in both hands.

"Thank you, Master Hou!" Several businessmen also quickly stood up and raised their wine glasses.

"Everyone, please!"

"Master Hou, please~"

At the entrance of a glass of wine, several wealthy businessmen looked at Chen Xu's arrogant posture, and the atmosphere on the table instantly became much more relaxed, and they began to eat and chat at Chen Xu's invitation.

Soon after three rounds of wine and five flavors, although Fan Caiying is a woman, but from the small business dealers from all walks of life, accompanied by her, several wealthy businessmen are no longer restrained, began to tell some interesting stories and hearsay news stories among the merchants, and then talk about newspapers, talk about the model of Qinghe shops and hotels, talk about the bridge being built outside the city and the cement road, the atmosphere on the wine table is also more and more enthusiastic.

"This kind of wine glass in the Hou Ye Hotel is crystal clear, like crystal, it is really a fairy thing, I didn't expect that ordinary people such as me can also use it!"

"Yes, yes, Hou Ye is a disciple of Taiyi Immortal Venerable, just like the Divine Thunder Fireworks and turning mud into stone, it must be an immortal method!"

"It is a blessing for us to be able to drink with the Hou Ye today, but the Hou Ye will be sent in the future, and we will definitely saddle the horse with us!"

Several wealthy businessmen began to pat Chen Xu's ass, but Chen Xu smiled and pointed to the glass wine glass and said: "This is not a real crystal wine glass, just an imitation, but if there is crystal, the utensils made are more crystal clear, but unfortunately the pure ore for making this wine glass is not easy to find, otherwise it can be made in large quantities and sold on the market, you can also buy some to go back to drink and drink tea, this set of wine glasses, I have only recently developed it!" ”

"Master Hou is saying that this wine cup is made of some kind of ore?" A wealthy merchant looked at the wine glass in his hand and was surprised.

"Yes, the production of this thing requires the use of crystal sand stone with high transparency, the higher the purity, the more crystal clear it is, and if there are impurities, the production will be worse!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"If it's a crystal mine, I've heard of a place that might be useful to Master Hou!" A wealthy businessman about fifty years old and slightly chubby thought for a moment and said.

Chen Xu asked a little excitedly: "Please also ask Song Gong to tell me in detail where this mine is?" ”

"Don't dare, Song Yan is a salt goods, used to go to Qi near the East China Sea to sell sea salt, I heard that there are places in Langya County that produce crystals of various colors, local mountain people can occasionally pick it up when they go up the mountain, but because the color is messy and not popular, so the price is extremely low, and occasionally the color is pure and clear can be sold at a good price, but it turns out that Langya County belongs to the Qi State, and at that time the Qi State blocked the salt road to the Qin State, so the exchange was not smooth, and a certain slowly began to go to Bashu to find new salt goods, and the East China Sea went less, At present, Daqin has unified the six countries, and Haiyan is also being continuously transported to the Central Plains, and all kinds of trade routes have been wide and smooth, but Song is too old now, and he has never been there since he settled in Xianyang, and he is all in charge of the younger generations of the family. ”

"Okay, thank you Song Gong for this matter, come, let's have a drink!" Chen Xu picked up his wine glass.

"Don't dare, Song Yan respects the marquis!" The salt merchant named Song Yan hurriedly stood up and held the wine glass in both hands and toasted respectfully.

This news made Chen Xu very happy, since there is a crystal mine near Langya, then the location is in the area of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the later generations, although the area is relatively wide, but after all, crystal ore can be picked up on the mountain, so the locals must know that they can find a place with a little inquiry.

Chinese from ancient times to the present has always had a soft spot for pearls, agate, crystal and jade, the most favorite is jade, with the color pure, delicate and warm as the highest grade, the Central Plains two major production areas, one is Lantian jade, the other is Dushan jade, these two kinds of jade is the most developed and used since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, so the status is also the highest, and the color of jade is also snow white is the highest, and then red, blue, green and yellow, jade craftsmen pondered into jade pei jade bi jade ring jade crown, etc., become the royal family and nobles to wear on the body, is a symbol of status.

The Shang Dynasty only allowed the royal family to wear jade, which was generally used as a ritual weapon.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, as the princes divided more and more, their identities became more and more confused, and the princes began to wear jade.

Later, as the princes fought, a large number of princes and nobles became commoners and even slaves, and the etiquette collapsed and the identity of Peiyu began to be further popularized.

And in the current Daqin, Peiyu has become a fashion, as long as it is a person with a little status and status, Peiyu can be admired, of course, provided that you can afford it.

But in addition to jade, all kinds of gemstones, pearls, agate, crystals, and other things that look crystal clear and brightly colored are all treasures pursued by nobles and wealthy people.

However, although crystal is also a precious gemstone, it is not as easy to carve as jade, and it is harder than the hardest jade, so there are not many people who like it, and at most they put it at home to watch and play, and most people only like the color pure and clear, rather than messy and messy colors.

And the crystal produced near the East China Sea is obviously a variety of colors, so the crystal ore picked up by the mountain people is not easy to sell, in this era when the vast majority of people are hungry and clothed, and people who want to play with gemstones, absolutely belong to extremely rare varieties, either the royal family or the aristocratic rich, this kind of people do not exist in the country, I heard that many jade in later generations did not develop when the local farmers used jade to build a pigsty, this is the objective reality of the situation.