That night, Tong Lao Liu summoned his own people to Yurong's house to propose marriage, and invited the entire Yang family to drink together all night.

It was when the wine was hot that Zuo San took the opportunity to show Feng Xia another palmistry, and he didn't let go again in the middle of the night.

After Li Zhi returned, he generously left a lot of dowry gifts for the two families and gave various promises.

The Yang family is located in a special location, and it is not easy to hold a decent marriage, since the daughter of the family does not have such a request, and Li Zhi is generous, so it has become much easier to achieve this matter.

Needless to say, the third couple on the left doesn't know how to avoid people now.

Tong Lao Liu first took into account Yurong's age, and then had a trace of guilt in his heart, so he planned to leave a little more time for his little daughter-in-law to adapt, and he just took the opportunity to improve his cultivation.

The group arrived in Luoyang two days later, regardless of the dust and dust along the way, they first rushed to Zhengqing Wenqitang, and the first thing they saw was the busy and dizzy old man.

The old man is not very old, but he is a few years older than Li Zhi, and with this big proprietor as a backdrop, it seems that his age is not very conspicuous.

But this person's calmness in business is far inferior to Li Zhi, when everyone came, he was a little anxious to jump over the wall and shout, directing the back and forth porters of goods, taking care not to affect the dense guests in the courtyard.

Just like the two stores in Chang'an City, the business of this store is so hot that it is even more than that, and it should be a little deserted at noon, but it is still full of people, shoulder to shoulder.

I don't know who reminded the old man, he looked back at Li Zhi, and after a moment of surprise, he was extremely aggrieved and complained.

It is true that he was sent out by his family to do business, but now he was arranged to Luoyang, which was far away from Li Zhi, and he was called like a mule every day, which had forced him to almost go crazy.

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Although he is a veritable treasurer here, there is a princess Taiping who also regards this place as his own business, and he takes the initiative to take care of most of the worries, which is also his only choice.

Li Shangshang stepped forward to listen to his overly impatient complaints, and only a few words in his ear made his expression change, and he nodded his head and was extremely courteous.

Curious in his heart, he went up to inquire, and the old man had the heart to say: "Mr. Li said, not only will this visit help me improve my cultivation by one level, but also let Aunt Yu Ling return with you, and I won't stay here for long!" ”

The realm of the first-level master of the old man was promoted with the help of Li Zhi, and now he has followed it for a year, and he is looking forward to improving again.

Originally, Aunt Yu Ling was arranged to cooperate with Princess Taiping in the façade, and his seat was in the paper mill on the outskirts of the city, although it was also busy, but there was no need to face so many trivial things every day, and there was no crowd too crowded.

But he didn't want Aunt Yu Ling to be unbearable three days after she came, so she forcibly switched places with him.

Now that she has been taken away, the paper mill in the suburbs naturally needs him to go over to take charge, and there are the subordinates of Princess Taiping here, who fully deserve to come over.

He understood Li Zhi's intentions in an instant, obviously for the happiness of Lao Wutou's life, he didn't plan to delay it any longer, and he couldn't let the two be separated for a long time.

Although the business is important, it can be replaced, and now that the two are in their forties, he can't bear to delay it any longer.

Since someone came forward to arrange everyone's rest, Li Zhi walked into the store and looked for Taiping, who was also busy.

The dignified princess, there was no need to do these things for a living, and she didn't even need to show up too much, and the dignity of her status did not allow her to show up like this.

But presumably she really regarded this store as her own business, even if she only did some things to collect payments under the high counters on the second floor, it was because she was too busy, and she sweated on her forehead.

Suddenly, someone stepped forward and blocked in front of him very rudely, so he raised his head and planned to scold, but he unexpectedly saw Li Zhi, who was thinking about it day and night, coming, and at that moment he felt that his nose was a little sour.

However, she skillfully concealed the heat in her heart, and complained in an unsympathetic tone in the eyes of outsiders: "You still know how to come? You have been worried about this store for a few days since it opened, and this has been a year, playing crazy everywhere, where is there still a trace of worry? ”

In fact, she knew in her heart that this little enemy was not easy to live, only the last time she left Luoyang, she was ambushed by a master in the suburbs, and she was more or less implicated in the martial arts, and she was also uncomfortable.

When he returned to Chang'an City, he went back and forth to Guangzhou twice and encountered many incidents, but he repeatedly alarmed Luoyang.

Therefore, as soon as these words came out, she regretted it a little, but fortunately, Li Zhi's answer made her heart settle down immediately: "So in order to compensate Her Royal Highness for the hard work of the next year, I came this time, but I brought another big business, Your Highness can you choose to go to Bohai Bay with me?" ”

Taiping has naturally heard about the opening of the Bohai Bay shipping lane, and it is said that the DPRK and China have caused a sensation for a while because of this incident.

What she cared about was not the opportunity to participate in business, but she was very sensitive to the potential meaning of inviting her to go with her, and the lustful smile in the eyes of the man opposite made her instantly feel excited.

"That's a good feeling! Let's discuss it carefully, Qingwen, come and talk about it for me, I have something important to discuss with Mr. Li! ”

As she stood up, a young man with a kind face and a clever demeanor walked over a few steps, and after a few words of greeting, he took Taiping's original position.

"This is a distant relative of my mother's family, Duan Qingwen, although he is not surnamed Li, the relationship is extremely close."

She explained it in a few words, obviously this person is her key training object, since she did not choose a candidate from the Xue family or the martial family, it means that this person belongs to her personal lineage.

Jiao Jianxiu, the accountant and master on the side, also arrived in time, and after an eager exchange, he led the two to the account room on the edge of the third-story warehouse.

Taiping instructed Jiao Jianxiu to immediately go to the Gongdelin Restaurant to set up a table of banquets, and invite Li Yixing to come over for dinner, and after he left, she had already fallen into Li Zhi's arms.

As a wife, she didn't have the coquettish beating of a little girl, but she also instantly made her eyes foggy, but when Li Zhi brought her mouth up, she pushed him away fiercely:

"Your body is dirty, you go to Gongdelin Restaurant to eat at noon, I will go back and boil water for you in advance, you finish as soon as possible, go and wash your body!"

Taiping has a slight cleanliness habit, but the meaning of the words is quite obvious, which makes Li Zhi's heart feel hot, and he can't help but squeeze his buttocks hard, causing Taiping to be shy and ambiguous.

However, Taiping obviously knows that this is not a place to flirt, Xue Shao is currently in Luoyang, and he likes the national treasure quality jade ornaments on the third floor of Zhengqing Wenqitang, and he has to come to admire it for a long time.

For these, she didn't forget to step forward and open the door that Jiao Jianxiu closed casually, it wasn't that this person noticed something about the two of them, like this kind of account room, it is an industry habit to close the door closely.

She also took this opportunity to report on the store's income over the past year:

"At present, the jade shop on this floor is the most deserted among all kinds of transactions, although it is open every day, but it is mostly a small business of less than five hundred taels, but it does not take ten days and a half to sell, there will always be a large ornament sold, and the specific price is not less than three thousand taels."

"As far as I know, there are still a lot of rich people in Luoyang City, and there are more and more merchants from other domains." A little overestimated the transaction amount, and was a little puzzled, Li Zhi asked strangely.

Taiping said with a smile: "Not long after, most of the imperial court offices moved over, and Luoyang City is also newly built, and the foundation is insufficient, far less than Chang'an City, and even some southern cities." In other words, there are many upstarts in Luoyang City today, and there are relatively few inherent magnates, and most of the upstarts rely on a certain big chaebol or family, in fact, these people can control limited financial resources. ”

"But this is too far away, the three-story jade shop in Chang'an City, but the flow of customers is continuous all year round, although there are not many actual buyers every day, but it has never dropped five thousand taels, and ten thousand two treasure-level jade, you can sell one in a few months."

"My big boss, don't rush to a conclusion! Although our jade shop is only a thousand taels on average, other businesses are booming, and they are not bad at all compared to Chang'an City! Especially the two-layer paper products, every day is like a rush to buy, especially paper towels, almost every other day to pull more than a dozen cars, otherwise why is our paper mill outside the city so busy! ”

"What about the imperial court's large orders?"

"He Baoquan, the head of the inner court, has reserved more than 10,000 taels of silver in our accounts all the year round, and often has to be charged back in less than a month, not only rice paper, but also a large number of small note paper, only from the supply of the imperial court, there are nearly 100,000 taels a year. There were a few times when the stock of silver in the imperial court was insufficient, and it was still the gold that was paid, and we did not accept grain and silk cloth! ”

"I seem to remember that the imperial court only pays 20,000 yuan a year, right? Where did they get so much? ”

"Remember when we were in the Yingtianmen West Tower, where we undertook the imperial court's bulk orders? It is currently rented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in our hands, and it is still under the sign of our Zhengqing Wenqitang, but in addition to specifically undertaking large orders from the imperial court, they have taken all the overseas sales orders of our paper industry, and received orders at our original price, plus some profits poured into those foreign businessmen! ”

"Hey, this hand is wonderful, just a change of hands, a large amount of extra money is earned, this money is easy to earn! It's just that those foreign businessmen are not stupid? Why don't you go to Zhengqing Wenqitang and buy it cheaper? ”

"This is the negotiation between the imperial court and them, as long as our store does not lose money, whatever we do! Moreover, all this led by He Baoquan faced foreign merchants mainly from the northeast of the Jin Ya tribes, Murowei, Khitan, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and the Wa Kingdom; The southern Zhao tribes and Zhenla, and the farther Tianzhu, Tubo, Europe, and Arabia will not participate, leaving us Shengjing Shipping! ”

Li Zhi nodded, and didn't inquire about the details, He Baoquan dealt with the identity of the head of the inner court, and naturally there would be other hidden interests in it, as long as it was still purchased at the original price, Zhengqing Wenqitang would be relieved.

Pang Ti continued: "Even if my identity is here, such a large transaction in the huge imperial court, to be honest, the price is not low, and it will inevitably cause questions from all parties in the imperial court in the long run. Obviously, He Baoquan is very shrewd, so not only will our imperial court orders not decrease, but the internal affairs government will also be able to get a large piece of supplies from it, so there will be many fewer gossips! ”

"It's not that we haven't paid, the brand effect of the dignified and clean Wen Qitang, just the exclusive agency authority of the nearby small countries, will fight for the blood, so that the imperial court can be regarded as robbing us of such permissions!"

Seeing that Taiping looked at himself with some worry, the line of fear in his eyes caused Li Zhixin to be unbearable for a while, so he smiled:

"Ling Yue, I didn't blame you, the silver can't be earned, originally because of the exclusive formula problem, it is already in a monopoly situation that disagrees with many parties, and it is appropriate to share some benefits for future development!"

Although she listened comfortably in her heart, Taiping also had her personal opinion: "I admit the monopoly of a few trades, but you are also promoting gunpowder, shipbuilding, farming and other crafts for free, and the imperial court has also seen this!" ”

"Hey, some of them haven't been developed yet, you know them here?"

"That is, what have you done in the South to hide from me?"