Sun Mansion's banquet is undoubtedly the pleasure of the guests and hosts, Li Shimin did not forget to say to Sun Xiangfu when he left, he has a prince who is almost full moon, he must come at that time, bicycles and tricycles he looks good, very suitable for congratulatory gifts, let him no matter what, call Happy Village to build a few comfortable cars, and send them to the palace to make congratulatory gifts.

What kind of gifts do you designate for the guests to give, this is no one, but Li Shimin just does it without psychological burden, shouldn't the emperor have the best in the world? Maybe it's because the emperor always has the best in the world that so many people dream of being the emperor!

After sending off the guests, it was already dusk, after Sun Xiangfu returned to the house, he first drank two bowls of sobering soup, and then at the request of Uncle De, he looked through the gift list, the reason why he was so cautious was because many people's gifts were too rich, like Qin Qiong, Dugumou, Wei Chigong, sending some small clothes, small toys and other things over, it was a normal gift exchange.

However, some officials whose names Sun Xiangfu couldn't even name did not receive the invitation, but they took the initiative to come to congratulate them, and also sent congratulatory gifts worth more than 1,000 yuan, which made people have to think more.

"Uncle De, you are old and sophisticated, tell me, what are these people trying to do?"

Uncle De smiled meaningfully and said, "It's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree!" You and your in-laws are in charge of the two departments of the imperial court, and you are also the governor of Anbei and the general recruitment of the Eastern Expedition, Your Majesty is also obedient to you, in the words of those ministers outside, the home of the imperial court, you can be a three-percent now, in the next few years, the position of the prime minister, will not be able to run away, when the time comes, I am afraid that half of the court is your final say, they will naturally come in advance. ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Is there such a rumor among the officials?" ”

Originally, I heard Uncle De say that he had become a big tree, and Sun Xiangfu was still a little proud, however, the more he listened to it, the more Sun Xiangfu felt that something was wrong, under the hands of a powerful monarch like Li Shimin, it is not a good thing to have too much power, especially when he was young, maybe more than 20 years later, he will not be at ease when he leaves, and he will find a way to take you away, and it will be a disaster.

"Yes, when Chief Qin Fu was drinking with the old slave today, he vaguely mentioned a few words, but I am afraid that Yigong is afraid of damaging your enthusiasm to contribute to the court, so it is not good to tell you in person, so he asked the old slave to remind you from time to time.

In the past two years, all the new policies in the imperial court are from your suggestions, and the heads of various ministries in the imperial court, often because of one of your suggestions, are busy with their feet and do not touch the ground, and the matter is done, and you still have the lion's share.

Again, you told Your Majesty before that you want to replace some Ueda with the people of those barren places, but I am afraid that the people who give gifts today are all thoughtful, they are all representatives of the local gentry, who doesn't want to replace their own Ueda with a better Ueda! ”

As soon as Uncle De said this, Sun Xiangfu understood that the social structure of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the upper class of the family and the people at the bottom, there is also a very large group, that is, the local gentry who do not enter the stream, they may only control three or five hundred acres of land, between one township and one mile, living a good life, if there are children and nephews in the family who are motivated, read books, become a petty official in the imperial court, or climb up to a relative who is an official, they can be rampant in the township in the local area.

This situation existed on a large scale in any period of ancient times, and the so-called village law was the product of such a class, and the representatives of these people wanted to have a relationship with themselves, except for profit, but only wanted to beg their subordinates to show mercy.

At present, the only person who can influence the thoughts of the emperor and Wei Zheng in the imperial court is Sun Xiangfu, and the first purpose of Wei Zheng's revision of the law and the reform of the criminal department is to abolish the township law and prohibit the local gentry from all kinds of exploitation methods for the rural people.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Xiangfu said, "Except for the Yu family, the Du family, and some normal gifts, the others are recorded according to the gift list, so return it!" Let's just say that the most important thing in my grandson's mansion is money and materials, and they can come to the scene to have a drink, and we will receive it in our house. ”

"Hehe, the old slave knows that you will deal with it like this, those things, but they haven't entered the underground warehouse yet! It's just that, ma'am, I still need you to say something. Uncle De smiled and nodded.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Well, the left and right are just tens of thousands of trivial things, I will tell her, by the way, where is Madam now?" ”

Uncle De replied, "When I came back from the banquet, I went to the study. ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded again, signaling that Uncle De didn't need to wait, so he got up and went to the study.

With a wave of his sleeves, tens of thousands of congratulatory gifts were returned, which is a very loser's behavior, however, compared to his loser's daughter-in-law, tens of thousands of dollars, it is really a small thing.

"Why, Xiu'er, when did you become so interested in business?"

On the big table in the study, a big drawing was spread out, Yu Xiu'er, under the light, carefully looking at the annotations on it, Sun Xiangfu saw at a glance that there were words written on it, such as 'existing shops' and 'shops that can be built'.

Hearing this, Yu Xiu'er raised her head and said with a smile, "This is what the queen asked someone to give to the concubine when she left, she said that she would build a few playgrounds, and by the way, put the surrounding shops in order, learn from Shanyang, and open some stores that ordinary people can consume." ”

Shanyang's business model, different from the high-end of Wangjianglou, is to take the low-end market, civilian route, in any period, mass consumption, in fact, is the largest market, Chang'an to do high-end shops, has enough, to do low-end space is still very large, however, Yu Xiuer can not see the queen's real intentions, this is Chang'an's reform dividend! Empress Eldest Sun is going to go out in advance and eat the biggest bite.

"Ouch, my stupid daughter-in-law, where is the queen going to build a playground and open a shop by the way, obviously to build a shop, and by the way, to open the playground to attract popularity, what did you promise her?"

Hearing him say this, Yu Xiu'er glanced at him with disgust, and replied, "The land of the playground belongs to the queen's mother, our family is responsible for building, and the shops are also, after the construction is completed, use a full set of Shanyang's business model to open a small shop, the queen mother said, our family only needs to send someone to teach the operation at that time, and we will share two percent of the profits." ”

After hearing this, Sun Xiangfu covered his forehead, a little reluctant to speak.

"That, Xiu'er! In the future, let the husband talk to the queen! We want to send people to build these shops, and we also send people to be in charge of the operation, so we will give two percent of the profits? ”

"Is your husband short of money?"

"There is no shortage!"

"Then why care about profits?"

Suddenly felt that Yu Xiu'er's words were so reasonable, Sun Xiangfu was speechless for a while, and was stunned for a while, before he pointed to the drawings and said, "That's what I said, but if we continue to invest like this, my husband and I will be short of money, and I will be short of money to build shops on the entire street in Chang'an, and the investment is millions of yuan, where did you get so much money for your husband?" ”

Everything in Chang'an is expensive, do investment projects, than in Shanyang cost more than three times, and the city is big, a street is built, the amount of work is not small, but there is no need to worry about no market, because there are many permanent residents and floating population, the future will be more, in the long run, this investment, will definitely make money, but the initial investment will also be very huge, a while and a half, can not return to the capital.

"Didn't Lingnan send a lot of gold and silver? It can be converted into money! ”

"That's what the guards and we share, and I'm just the big guy. Moreover, the money exchanged for gold and silver was invested by the husband in Weinan to build a shopping mall and open a shop. ”

Weinan's population will soon exceed one million in the future, and they are all working-class people who need daily consumption, unlike many self-sufficient families in Chang'an, and the business potential is huge.

Moreover, if it is invested and built now, the cost will be very low, and it is a project with a higher return on investment than in Chang'an, Sun Xiangfu asked Zhao Long to transport the gold and silver money obtained overseas in batches to Chang'an early in the morning, which is enough for three or four million yuan, just to invest in Weinan and find a way for the families of the guards to be rich and prosperous for a long time, so that they can feel at ease when they fight for their lives at sea, and now, I am afraid that it will be misappropriated.

"Husband, rest assured, it's not our family who pays for it, the queen said this project in front of everyone, in addition to our family accounting for 20%, we will also put 30% of the shares out, and each family will send money to the palace when we turn back."

"Who taught your husband and me so much? The queen hasn't done this project yet! Just make the money first, Xiu'er, and then our family will only be responsible for finding some people to build it, don't spend a penny to buy materials or anything like that. ”

"Why is that?"

"Because, the women of each family went back to discuss with the family, and the amount of money sent to the eldest grandson queen is definitely enough to build these shops and playgrounds, let's not follow the blind money, the queen just wants our family to help him do his job well this time."

Yu Xiu'er didn't know how Sun Xiangfu judged the thoughts of Empress Changsun, and asked a little confused, "Then, how can we do our work well?" ”

"Help the husband hang up the drawings, think about how to plan and design for the husband, and if it's okay, you can coax the child first! It's not your women's business. ”

It's just dark, and the two babies are estimated to have to eat milk again, Yu Xiuer is more relieved about Sun Xiangfu's ability in this regard, and after cooperating with him to hang up the drawings, she doesn't care anymore.

Looking at the square market of Chang'an City, Sun Xiangfu suddenly thought of what it lacked, these square walls separated each square into a relatively closed space, what was missing was an open place for activities, and those squares built by Shanyang seemed to be what Chang'an lacked.

At present, there are only two cities, east and west, which are considered places for shopping and traveling, however, such a large city, so many people, on two places as the main trading market, it is already not possible, since the square is to be built, then, it is directly built into a commercial square, and then the playground is also directly built on the roof of the mall, although the cost will be much higher, but they are only responsible for building, and are not responsible for paying.

So, one by one, big guys took shape on Sun Xiangfu's desk, and in the future, they will be the favorite places for the people of Chang'an City to hang out and play.