Li Tai's heart was settled, Xuan Shijing did have some truth in what he said, and said: "Since Shijing is like this, then I will no longer shirk it, and after I go back, I will show my father and ask for a decree that you can leave the palace at any time." ”

Li Tai was so positive that Xuan Shijing was a little stunned, this guy wouldn't be so active in order to be out of the palace at any time, right? Although he thought so in his heart, he nodded anyway.

sent Li Tai away, and Xuan Shijing went to find Zhong Zishuo.

"Uncle Zhong, how much silver did His Royal Highness King Wei bring today?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Little Hou Ye, I have made a visual inspection, and there are about five hundred." Zhong Zishuo said: "But how could His Royal Highness the King of Wei bring so much silver money here? ”

"This is what I talked to the King of Wei and the Prince yesterday, our papermaking workshop, I plan to pull His Royal Highness the King of Wei and His Royal Highness the Prince into the shares." Xuan Shijing said: "This can be regarded as someone in the court who is easy to do, Uncle Zhong, you think, now Chang'an City's big and small businesses, which one does not have the support of a noble behind it, if we intervene rashly, with the current state of the Hou Mansion, it will not be easy to do well in the open and in secret, but it is better to have the names of the prince and the king of Wei, which can also play a deterrent role." ”

Zhong Zishuo nodded undeniably, it is true, the Hou Mansion began to do business in Chang'an City, no matter what the business is, it will more or less touch the interests of the nobles, on the surface, they know that these businesses are the Hou Mansion, and they will not say anything, but there are some things behind the scenes, which is annoying.

Zhong Zishuo is born in the rivers and lakes, if it is about these ways in business, he knows very little, which is one of the reasons why he will not say much no matter what Xuan Shijing does, just with some experience, occasionally put forward some inappropriate places, so when Xuan Shijing opened the Shang Pin Fang, he transferred money from Shanxi, and now it seems that the manpower is still not enough, look at the appearance of Xuan Shijing, in the future, there will definitely not be only the two industries of Shang Pin Fang and Paper Workshop, in the past few years, Zhong Zishuo has almost figured out Xuan Shijing, This little marquis of his own family is indeed a master who dares to think and do, and in terms of running the family business, he doesn't look like a four-year-old child at all.

"That little marquis, the money sent by His Royal Highness King Wei ......"

"All the spring is thrown into Zhuangzi to dig the river." Xuan Shijing said: "Uncle Zhong, do you roughly estimate how much silver can we use to dig the river in Zhuangzi?" ”

Zhong Zishuo shook his head: "I really don't understand this, I have to find someone to estimate it, but I think that these five hundred yuan are not bad, we use our own people in our Zhuangzi, and there are no worries about wages, presumably the farmers on our Zhuangzi will not accept the wages given by the Hou Ye." ”

"Why is that?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled.

"This river is not dug for the house, to put it bluntly, in fact, this matter is also a matter of the Zhuanghumen, when the river is led to our Zhuangzi, they are not the ones who benefit, they must be embarrassed to take the money of the Hou Mansion, besides, Dongshan County is your fiefdom, and you have the right to levy labor, so this salary can be saved." Zhong Zishuo said.

Xuan Shijing suddenly realized, even so, but now in terms of the money that Xuan Shijing can embezzle, it is still a little insufficient, fortunately, digging the river is a long-term project, at least there is still time for Xuan Shijing to ease up.

It seems that he still can't think about it, Xuan Shijing sighed, just a flash of inspiration came up with such a thing as opening a papermaking workshop, and he went to implement it in a hurry, but he didn't take into account the overall situation of the house, it seems that when he wants to do something in the future, he will have to ask Uncle Zhong about the situation in the house, and now it's good, Xuan Shijing can only continue hard, after all, the papermaking has been told to Li Tai and Li Chengqian, and Li Tai wants to help in the workshop in person.

"Alas~ I'm still too young." Xuan Shijing sighed.

Xuan Shijing's words confused Zhong Zishuo, what's wrong with the little marquis?

"Why is the little marquis so emotional?" Zhong Zishuo asked.

"Huh? Oh, I'm sighing, if I grow up a little more, maybe the house will be better, and the village will live a better life. Xuan Shijing said.

"I see, the little marquis doesn't have to be in a hurry, everything has to be done slowly, no, has the house started to get better and better? The little marquis will also grow bigger and bigger, won't he? Zhong Zishuo looked at Xuan Shijing with a smile.

Xuan Shijing smiled and nodded: "Uncle Zhong is right, everything will get better and better, just right, I have one more thing for Uncle Zhong to help me." ”

"What?"

"I'm going to enter the palace to study after the first month, I don't know what to prepare, so I'm bothering Uncle Zhong to help prepare, and it will save me trouble." Xuan Shijing said.

"I really don't know this, I'll go see Madame and ask later, and I'll be ready for the little marquis when the time comes."

"Then there is Uncle Lao Zhong."

Zhong Zishuo smiled and said: "Yes, by the way, the little marquis, you have to go to the Yiguo Mansion today, I have already instructed Gao Jun to set up the carriage and wait for the little marquis, and the little marquis will take Long'er to set off in a while." ”

Xuan Shijing patted his head, almost forgot about it, although he had walked around a year ago, but he still had to visit the house again after the New Year, the year before was a New Year's gift, and after the year, he went to visit the blessings.

"Okay, I know, I'll take Long'er and set off in a while, by the way, today is the Yiguo Mansion, and tomorrow is the Lu Guogong Mansion, right? And Uncle Niu's house, are there other people? "In my impression, there are only three families that have a close relationship with the Hou Mansion.

"Exactly, if you talk about other noble mansions, the king of Hejian County, the prince of the country, and the prime minister of Xiao......... It's just that since Brother Xuan left, he has not been as good as before with the house. Zhong Zishuo counted them one by one.

"After all, the etiquette still has to be fulfilled." Xuan Shijing thought for a while: "Yes, this matter will be solved at Uncle Qin's mansion, Uncle Zhong, you send someone to Uncle Qin's mansion to spread a message, just say that today's luncheon in Qin's mansion will be organized by our side, let Uncle Qin invite Uncle Cheng, Uncle Niu, King Hejian, Duke Qian, Prime Minister Xiao and the elders who have a good relationship with our family to the Qin Mansion, let's prepare a big meal for these elders to show respect, and the province also went from house to house, not to mention that there are some people who don't know whether to go or not." ”

"It's doable!" Zhong Zishuo said: "Okay, then Master Hou and Miss Long'er will prepare, I will send a few more people over to fight, and I will arrange someone to pass the word, Gao Jun's carriage is definitely not enough, I will arrange an ox cart." ”

"Well, that's it."