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Li Zicheng asked the pro-soldiers who followed him from afar to return home with all kinds of silk first, and only took He Xiaomi and a few others to Xihuang Restaurant.

Sun Yuan and the Lan family continued, wanting to kneel and bow, but were stopped by Li Zicheng, "You are all self-made elders, so you don't need to be polite!" "He comes from the next generation, he has never paid attention to etiquette, Sun Yuan and the Lan family are parents-in-law, and if they really want to receive the ceremony, they have to bow down and go back.

Sun Yuan was a little embarrassed, after such a long time, he was not used to being on an equal footing with Li Zicheng.

Lan Shi looked at Li Zicheng's gaze, there was still something strange in the kindness, the upper and lower eyelids blinked a few times, and they were already slightly glowing, and their hearts were already very moved, "The mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she looks at it, the more she likes it", Li Zicheng is the governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the current life of his family depends on him.

Sun Mengjie is not Li Zicheng's wife, strictly speaking, they are not Li Zicheng's elders, but slaves, but now they ...... In order to hide the embarrassment between the two parties, she secretly twisted the stunned Sun Yuan, "Old man, my uncle is here, why don't you go make tea?" ”

"Ah...... Yes, yes, the villain is going to make a pot of tea, and my uncle will sit! Sun Yuan has never seen anything in the world in his life, Li Zicheng is the biggest official he has ever seen, in front of Li Zicheng, his stubborn temper has long been gone, and he hurriedly rushed to make tea and threw Li Zicheng to his mother-in-law to deal with.

Li Zicheng kept a deliberate smile, the people of Han are really simple and thick, this Sun Yuan ...... He said to the Lan family in front of him: "Mother-in-law, the son-in-law wants to stay here to entertain a guest, is there a private room upstairs?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Lan said in a loud voice, quietly leading the way, "Metropolitan Governor, please follow me upstairs!" ”

Li Zicheng sat down in a private room on the second floor, two personal soldiers guarded the door on the left and right, and the other personal soldier and He Xiaomi served in the private room.

He Xiaomi was a little dissatisfied, "The Grand Governor, just an ordinary businessman, is it worth the Grand Governor to personally feast on them?" Didn't the Governor himself do a lot of things that he had never heard of......"

"Xiaomi, you don't understand," Li Ziji finished a fragrant tea, he feasted this unknown businessman, it was for the trade of the Western Regions, the imperial court would pay attention to the Mandate of Heaven sooner or later, once the trade route with the Ming Mainland was interrupted, the Western Regions was the only opportunity, "The ruler is short and long, and the Western Regions also has things that we do not have." ”

"We'll see, if there's no strange thing, arrest him as a liar," He Mi suddenly realized, "Dadudu, will he not dare to come?" ”

"No," Li Zicheng shook his head and chuckled, "Those vanity mirrors are indeed not produced by Daming, and it is impossible for him not to come for the sake of future sales - in Xining, even if he doesn't come today, I can find him!" ”

He Xiaomi was a little puzzled, "Is the Metropolitan Governor ready to open a trading house in Xining?" What is the use of these things? ”

"Comptoir? This is an idea," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "However, there is no such plan for the time being, and I need to have a lot of special things and a lot of profits, so I can set up a commercial bank!" ”

While speaking, the pro-soldiers outside the door said: "Governor Dadu, that Mao Swill is here, and there is still a person with him!" ”

"The main master is here, see you first," Li Zicheng said in a low voice: "Let them come in!" ”

Mao Swill was in front, carrying a cloth package, and the man who followed behind him was very young, looking to be no more than twenty-two or three years old, dressed in a blue-gray robe, and his hair was neatly combed, and he looked very energetic.

Li Zicheng looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

Mao Shu bowed down and said, "Guest officer, this is the proprietor below!" ”

"Oh, I'm glad I'll be there!" Li Zicheng stood up, bowed his hand, and let the proprietor sit down opposite.

"I'm glad I will," the man returned the salute, unceremoniously sat down across from him, picked up the kettle again, and poured himself a cup of hot tea, "It's still warm inside, and the cold wind outside...... It's cold! ”

"Warm up with a cup of tea," Li Zicheng arched his hand again, "This proprietor is ......"

"Under Mao Ting," Mao Ting put down the tea cup in his hand, glanced at Li Zicheng, and said: "Forgive me for being clumsy, the guest officer should not often go to Xining!" ”

"Yes, I have never done business in Xining before, and it is common for the proprietor Mao not to know him," Li Zicheng frowned slightly, "However, I think the proprietor Mao is a little familiar, I don't know ...... proprietor Mao before."

Mao Ting thought that Li Zicheng was getting closer to the relationship between the two sides, and when they met for the first time, such flattery was common, but he had always been arrogant and didn't like this kind of false friendship, so he said: "In addition to running through the Western Regions, I rarely go out in Xining on weekdays, I don't know if the guest officer has business in the Western Regions?" ”

"The Western Regions? No, no, I have never been to the Western Regions," Li Zicheng was most interested in the topic of the Western Regions, so he said: "I heard that the Western Regions trade route is cut off, and it is really gratifying that the Mao proprietor can cross this trade route......

Mao Ting obviously didn't want to talk about business, so he put down the tea cup in his hand and said lightly: "Listen to Mao Swill, the guest officer needs a lot of things from the Western Regions?" ”

"I'm very interested in things in the Western Regions, if the goods are genuine, the price is fair......"

"Don't worry, the price is naturally fair," Mao Ting saw that Li Zicheng only said half of what he said, and knew that he couldn't trust himself, so he said: "I am from the Mao family in Xining, and I will never deceive the guest officer!" ”

Mao Ting let it go, this is a guarantee for the credibility of the Mao family.

"Xining Mao's family?" Li Zicheng remembered that when the distilled liquor was just released, he invited Mu Qingshan to taste it, and among the guests who came, there was a person named Mao Xiang, who felt familiar just now, they were indeed a little similar, could it be that they were from the same family?

He was silent, but said to He Xiaomi: "Tell the store, serve wine and food," and then arched his hand to Mao Ting: "Master Mao, let's talk while eating!" ”

Suddenly, Xiao Er sent a few exquisite dishes that Lan asked to sort out, as well as a jar of distilled spirits.

Li Zicheng drank with Mao Ting, because he wanted to talk about business, even Mao Swill was invited out, accompanied by his own soldiers, and opened a small table.

He Xiaomi filled it up for the two, and Li Zicheng took the initiative to raise the lamp, "Proprietor Mao, this first glass of wine is the first time you and I have met, I wish the business a complete success, please!" ”

"This time I should be the host, since the guest officer has robbed the host, I will not be hypocritical, next time I will please, do it!" Mao Ting took a dry sip, but frowned slightly, "Guest officer, is this a distilled spirit?" ”

"Naturally, it is distilled liquor, and to entertain the proprietor Mao, it is natural to use the best liquor," Li Zicheng was strange in his heart, he had already made a preliminary judgment just now, Mao Ting and Mao Xiang were of the same clan, but I didn't expect that Mao Ting had never even tasted distilled liquor, this is unreasonable anyway, right?

Mao Ting seemed to see Li Zicheng's question, so he picked up the wine cup that had just been filled with Xiaomi, "Guest officer, please!" He didn't know Li Zicheng's name, let alone Li Zicheng's true identity.

After three rounds of drinking, the words of the two are more lively, and Mao Ting is not as "meeting people and talking three points" as before, according to himself, he is the younger brother of Mao Xiang, because he is a concubine, and is not valued by the family.

Mao's family was originally a medium-sized merchant in Xining, Mao Ting could not inherit the family business, and he had no capital, so he could only sit and eat landslides, but he had always been discriminated against by his family, and developed a strong temperament.

But he didn't have a shop in Xining, so he could only let his servant Mao Shu sell along the street, not wanting to alarm Li Zicheng.

I see!

The tree is dead, the person is alive, as long as you work hard, there is a possibility of success, Li Zicheng originally took a fancy to the business of the Western Regions, at this moment, he decided to support this person who was unwilling to eat and wait for death.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Who are you?" This is exactly what Mao Ting has long wanted to know, if he doesn't even know the identity of the other party, what kind of cooperation is there to talk about? The first time he came into contact with distilled spirits, he was already slightly drunk, but he still listened sideways to such a key question.

"Li Zicheng!"

"Li Zicheng?" Mao Ting was stunned, he tried to think about it, it seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and he couldn't help beating his head hard.

"Presumptuous, the name of the Grand Duke, is that what you can call it?" He Xiaomi, who was holding the lamp, threw the jar on the table, glaring and puffing.

"The Grand Duke?" Mao Tingden woke up in fright, no wonder he had a kind of aggressive bearing, and he had a personal soldier with him...... He hurriedly left his seat and bowed to the ground, "The grass people should die...... The grass people should die, the grass people don't know that it is the Metropolitan Governor......"

Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "Master Mao doesn't know my identity, what is the crime?" Get up quickly, let's move on! ”

"The Metropolitan Governor......" Although Mao Ting sat down again, he no longer had the recklessness just now, he never thought that it was the Metropolitan Governor who invited him to the banquet!

Why did the Metropolitan Governor entertain himself?

Look at the appearance of the Grand Governor, if you want to pursue your own responsibility...... The Metropolitan Governor wants to pinch himself to death, and even more so like an ant, so he doesn't need a banquet, right? Is it really a fancy for these goods? Hey, it's a pity for these goods...... It seems that his efforts this time have been in vain......

Li Zicheng was light-hearted, "Master Mao, I heard that you bought a lot of fresh things from the Western Regions?" ”

"Yes, Grand Governor...... I don't know what kind of goods the Metropolitan Governor likes, so the grass people immediately sent someone to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion...... "Mao Ting's heartache, Mao Swill, this swill, how did he provoke the Metropolitan Governor?" also said that it was the biggest business opportunity, and after he went back, it killed him alive......

"Send? Ao, no," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The Governor of Pontus is interested in your goods, but the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army, 'Buying and selling must be fair', and the Governor of Pontus is no exception!" ”

"Military discipline?" Mao Ting was confused, the military law was formulated by you, you can change it as you want, and you are not fooling us people? "The Governor ......"

"If the governor of Pontus needs it, he will naturally buy it from you," Li Zicheng picked up the wine cup and said, "Come, let's talk while drinking, let's do it!" ”

Mao Ting mechanically picked up the wine cup and dried it in one gulp.

Li Zicheng put down the wine cup and said with a smile: "Boss Mao, do you want to be the real proprietor?" ”

"The real proprietor?" Mao Ting was shocked in his heart, what kind of proprietor is he, just for the convenience of business, he used the name of the proprietor of the Mao family, if it is spread out, not only others will not trust him, but even within the family, they will not let him go.