The person who came to negotiate with Zhou Qian was Du Yan, the son of Du Zheng, the Taishou of Hanoi, a scholar who fell into the top. Du Yan was smart and discerning when he was young, knowledgeable, and quite a good reputation, and fellow villager Wei Fusi was a good friend, the two had to sell their fame and reputation, and learned from Su Wei to live in seclusion in Taibai Mountain, and was exiled to Jiangnan by Emperor Wen of Sui. As soon as Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty came to power, Wei Fusi returned to the dynasty as an official, and Du Yan had just returned to the township, and heard that Yuhaizhai wanted to buy the Du family's restaurant, so he was sent by the patriarch.

Du Yan knew Brother Zhou Qian, and asked directly: "Lord Zhou is now a member of the Right Hou Weifu and is still interested in the restaurant?" ”

Zhou Qian smiled and said: "I was entrusted by someone and had to come, what price are your Du family ready to offer?" ”

Du Yan saw that Zhou Qian had no intention of letting Jiao Jun go, and immediately realized that Zhou Qian had now come to the fore, and was no longer afraid that his subordinates would reveal their identities, so he stretched out a finger and said, "A penny." ”

Jiao Jun's body was shocked, and he almost knocked down the tea soup on the table, and said in his heart that I can buy it for a penny; Zhou Qian stared at Du Yan and said, "Tell me about your other conditions." ”

Du Yan relaxed for a while, and continued according to his own train of thought: "I know, you bought this restaurant for Yang Chong and Duhu to extend their life, and you have a big business dealings." It just so happened that this restaurant was our family's, and when my eldest brother died, I was still in Jiangnan, so he gave me all the shares of the restaurant, and as long as I wanted, I could sell it for a penny. I don't mean anything else, I just want to get acquainted with Yang Chong and ask him something. ”

Zhou Qian paused for a long time and said, "I would rather you sell it at the market price, and I can pay two percent more." Yongzhou Sima Gao Xiaoji has already recommended you, and we are likely to be colleagues in the future. ”

Yongzhou Sima Gao Xiaoji's recommendation Du Yan is just a flattering man from the eighth grade, a loose official like Yang Chong, with no actual position; Du Yan knew that Zhou Qian was saying polite words, shook his head and said: "I don't want money, I just need Yang Chong to solve his doubts and prove that the earth is a sphere, even if it is only a part of it." ”

At this moment, even Jiao Jun understood, there were no bamboo views of Yang Chong's three pairs, and a lot of content was deliberately leaked by Lou Guandao, and the most shocking thing was that Yang Chong said that everyone was stepping on a ball; Although there is some market for the theory of looking at sea ships, it is still not direct enough, countless readers scolded Yang Chong for being a heresy, and even Jiao Jun's tolerance and Li Zheng were arguing endlessly when they were drinking. Du Yan's request is actually full of conspiracy, and once Yang Chong can't prove it, his reputation will be ruined; Even if Yang Chong has a way to prove it, Du Yan has a way to deny it, in short, it is a puddle of muddy water.

Zhou Qian said unmoved: "It's me who wants to buy a restaurant, if I can't negotiate, forget it, trouble Mr. Du to run away." The old man still has something to do, so he won't bother Mr. Du. ”

Du Yan hurriedly stopped and said, "Lord Zhou, I have no malice, I'm just curious." In this way, I will sell it to you at the market price, and there is no need to add 20%, but you have to introduce me and Yang Chong to each other. ”

Zhou Qian stood up and said, "Deal, I'll take you there tomorrow, and eat at Yang's house by the way." Jiao Jun, you do me a favor and get all the formalities and documents in advance. ”

Jiao Jun immediately captured a piece of information, the relationship between Zhou Qian and Yang Chong is really good, in Dasui, there are not many cases where the host can decide to eat without speaking. Du Yan stood up with a smile and said, "Lord Zhou, don't worry, the contract is on me, at night." ”

The next day, when Zhou Qian, Du Yan, and Jiao Jun came to the door, Yang Chong was drawing pictures in the study, and immediately went to the door to greet him when he heard the news, and said to Zhou Qian with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Qian waved his hand and said: "I should congratulate you, I came to give you a gift, Duhu Yanshou said, he doesn't want the restaurant, and now the entire restaurant is yours." Lord Du Yan brought the contract, as long as you sign it, this is my student, Jiao Jun of Chang'an County, you will have to take more care of it in the future. ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "Jiao Zhutou has the reputation of a Buddha in Chang'an County, and I can't even get a stammer; That day, he rushed to save me desperately, and I owe a great favor. Does Brother Du have a nephew named Du Ruhui? ”

"Lord Yang is really well-informed." Du Yan was very curious, and Yang Chong asked his nephew what he was doing. Yang Chong actually didn't mean anything else, there were too many people with the same name and surname in Da Sui, he just wanted to determine whether Du Yan was the one who later supported Li Jiancheng. Yang Chong turned sideways and let Zhou Qian walk in front, and asked casually: "Duhu doesn't want a restaurant to extend his life, is there a premise?" ”

Zhou Qian shook lightly and said: "Khotan's business is bigger than we imagined, and Yuhai Zhai has given Duhu a little more benefit to prolong his life, so you can rest assured that there will be no other conditions." ”

Yang Chong and others understood, in fact, Yuhaizhai bought the shares of Duhu Yanshou Restaurant and gave it to Yang Chong; Yang Chonghe smiled and said: "You guys are so polite, in a few days, I will go to Yuhaizhai and pick out a few pieces of jewelry for Jiang Fei, and then you can see which person in charge is there, and we will talk about some business." ”

Zhou Qian nodded and said, "I'll talk to them." Du Yan still has some things to discuss with you today, and after signing it, hurry up and serve the food, and we will talk while eating. ”

Du Yan and Jiao Jun had nothing on their faces, they were actually very envious in their hearts, this young man was born out of thin air, and he laid such a foundation in just over two years, and he was surrounded by many wealthy families. As for Yang Chong's loss of office in three days, it is not a matter in the eyes of Du Yan and Jiao Jun, how old is Yang Chongcai, he is already a loose official of the seventh grade, and his name moves the government and the opposition; As long as you don't go to the emperor's scales every day, sooner or later you will be used again and get ahead.

The agreement was signed quickly, and when Jiao Jun came, he brought all the documents that needed to be remarked by the public, Yang Chong and Du Yan signed them in one go, and each received the documents, and Yang Chong asked Yuan Hongzhao to serve the food. Yang Chong is now an idler, only going back and forth to the horse shop, the courtyard, and the workshop every day, so in addition to business, his mind is all about reading and eating and drinking, and under Yang Chong's guidance, many modern dishes have been developed.

The four of them sat down at the dining table, and the maidservant first brought four cold dishes, white-cut mutton, haggis platter, braised pig's heart, drunken shrimp, and six flavor dishes of green onions, soy sauce, white salt, vinegar, sweet sauce, and dogwood oil on the side, which the eater could choose; Then it was brought up by the hot pot of the wind stove, with sheep brain, mutton slices, mutton ground, mutton blood, and several kinds of vegetables. Two maidservants stayed at the table, one was serving, and the other was responsible for teaching Zhou Qian and others to cook food.

The wine is a distilled liquor played in the courtyard, Yang Chong accidentally said a method to Wang Fu, Wang Fu is really not afraid of trouble, in order to verify what Yang Chong said is right or wrong, he specially arranged a person, and spent more than 20 days of hard work to distill ten bottles of wine with about 70 degrees with a still. Yang Chong knew Zhou Qian's hobby, so he specially opened a bottle today, Zhou Qian was a little excited when he smelled it, this wine was even better than Yuwen's, according to Yang Chong's words, he slowly tasted a small sip, the taste of the wine hung down, and the whole body was comfortable.