Yuwen smiled reluctantly and said: "Brother, I know that Chu Guogong has the grace of knowing you, but the problem now is himself, if he is willing to take medicine, it will be no problem to delay it for a year and a half, and there is no need to be so anxious to find Sun Simiao, I think you should go back to Luoyang first, and persuade Chu Guogong to take medicine is the best policy." ”

Yu Wenhua said disdainfully: "Yang Yue is his own brother, and he can't persuade him not to move, but Brother Kai must not be able to do it." ”

Yang Chong sighed secretly, a gentleman can deceive him, Yu Wenkai is definitely a gentleman, but Yu Wenhua is not, Yu Wenhua and Yu Wen are singing double reeds, and Yu Wenkai wants to return to Luoyang. Yu Wenkai sighed: "I just want to do my best, when the second brother rebelled, I was dismissed and went home, if it wasn't for the sponsorship of the Duke of Chu, I'm afraid I'm still at home now." But these days have not been in vain, I met this child, he has the secret technique of winemaking in the South China Sea, and he has just tried his skills. The wine is in the car, Yang Chong, you bring the jar that is opened. ”

Yang Chong went downstairs and took the remaining half of the jar of wine, Yu Wenhua and after tasting it, his eyes were sheng, staring at Yang Chong and saying: "Yang Chong, if you want to embark on a career through me, my brother can recommend you." ”

Yu Wenhua has confidence in this, with his relationship with Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Ming Dynasty, as well as the power of the Yuwen family, it is definitely no problem to arrange Yang Chong to be a minor official, but Yang Chong shook his head indifferently and said: "I have already told Mr. that I want to worship him as a teacher, and I have a long experience, so I don't want anything else." ”

Yuwen didn't have time to show appreciation, Yu Wenhua turned around and looked at Yu Wenkai, how could Yu Wenkai not know the meaning, and explained: "You also know that Confucian Tong and Wen'er are not interested in the art of organs, I accept an apprentice, I can't be so casual." You two rest assured, Yang Chongren is here, whether you accept him as an apprentice or not, I will take this formula. ”

As soon as Yu Wenkai said this, Yu Wenhua and the two of them had nothing to say, sat for a while, drank the wine in the altar, and learned that Yu Wenkai would leave for Luoyang tomorrow, so he said goodbye and left. Yu Wenkai watched the two of them walk away from the window, turned around and said to Yang Chong: "The good wine of Chang'an and Luoyang is in the hands of the big family, but the imperial wine dedicated to the palace, in addition to the royal wine shop, there are only two kinds of Luo Shuichun and Changsheng of the Du family, and your wine may be able to fight with the wine of the Du family." If you change your mind now, I can still pay for the recipe. ”

Yang Chong pursed his lips and said, "Sir, it's not that I'm talking big, this kind of craft is just an ordinary thing, I don't care." By the way, Yuwen Wuji is also Yuwenshu's son? ”

Yuwenkai knew that Yang Chong was deliberately changing the topic, and said bitterly: "Yuwen Wuji is not the son of Yuwenshu's uncle, but just a concubine in the clan, because Yuwen Wuji passed his only son Yuwen CD to Yu Wenhua, he was adopted by Yuwen Shu as an adopted son, and Yu Wenhua and his brother are commensurate." Later, I will go to see Wei Fuzi, and then ask Sun Simiao if he has found it, you are walking around the metropolis by yourself, and two hours later, we will still meet at the restaurant. ”

Yu Wenkai left, Yang Chong walked alone, there are two east-west and north-south streets in the city, constituting a "well" shaped street, there are two miles of road from north to south, and twenty meters wide from east to west. Yang Chong walked all the way along the North and South Streets, and saw that the shops were dealing in high-end and rare things, especially jewelry stores. Yang Chong inquired with a guy who sold silk, and learned that the city was close to the imperial palace, and the main guests were royal nobles and dignitaries. The guy said implicitly: "Guest officer, now I have moved the capital to Luoyang, otherwise, I, Zhao Liu, will not even have time to entertain you." ”

Yang Chong said that he was a merchant who had returned from the Western Regions, and asked where the pepper market was, and the man pointed and said, "Go to the Liren market in the west, where Persian mansions, jewelry stores, storehouses, and orchid shops all buy and sell pepper in large quantities." If you want to buy a good price, you can also go to the Pawn Office, which is an inn run by the imperial court, and there are merchants and envoys from Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Japan and other countries, and they definitely want it. ”

Yang Chong thanked Zhao Liu, played for a while, asked the prices of a few shops, and then began to walk back, and when he arrived at the door of Yujia Restaurant, he saw Yu Wenkai's carriage coming back; Yu Wenkai beckoned Yang Chong to get in the car, but Sun Simiao still had no news, and the two returned to Yu Wenkai's residence in Chang'an together. said that it was a residence, that is, a workshop, which was in charge of an old housekeeper Yu Wenhu, Yu Wenkai introduced Yang Chong and said: "Uncle Hu, this is Yang Chong, hand over the craftsman he just found to him to manage, and take him around first." ”

Yu Wenhu said with a smile: "Master, in this way, this Young Master Yang has really brewed wine, congratulations." ”

Yu Wenkai also smiled: "It's a pity that when you meet Huaji, the jar of wine is drunk, otherwise you can taste it, but with Yang Chong, you will not miss this opportunity in the future." ”

Yu Wenhu led Yang Chong to visit the workshop, which was divided into six rooms: carpentry, blacksmith, lacquer mason, stonemason, weaponry, and miscellaneous, each of which had a leading master; Finally came to the sample room, the first room is placed with sixty-six kinds of Luban locks and various pulleys, the second room is the weapons exhibition room, the third room is full of ore, the fourth room is closed, Yu Wenhu introduced: "This is the forbidden place of the workshop, only the master can enter alone, even the young master is not allowed to see." ”

Then Yuwenhu led Yang Chong to a large compound at the back, and introduced Yang Chong to the eleven craftsmen who lived, and after Yang Chong remembered their names and types of work, he and Yuwenhu returned to the front hall. Yuwen Kaifang said: "I came back this time, it is to recruit a group of craftsmen to return to Luoyang, the Holy Son of Heaven wants to build a thousand people and the Fengxing Palace, this is an opportunity, you happen to be involved, I will leave a place for you in the Ministry of Industry, specially take these craftsmen." ”

Yang Chong hesitated: "Or do you want to be an official?" ”

Yu Wenkai said solemnly: "I have seen Wei Wentong, I know that you don't want to be an official, and I also know that you have the means to make money; But the false title is still required, with an identity, it will not appear abrupt, and some people dare not make it difficult for you. In addition, if you work every day, the court should also give you a salary, and if you can have a title, you can also get a reward and a permanent field. ”

As soon as Yang Chong heard about these benefits, he didn't insist anymore, and Yu Wenkai said at this time: "These eleven people are from different places, and five of them are the subordinates of the Yang family and the Wei family; I'm going to let them be the masters who lead the team in the future, each with about ten people, and your task is to manage them well. Give you a month, and as long as you can convince them, I'll take you as an apprentice. ”

Yu Wenhu interjected and asked, "Young Master Yang, do you think the old man is too much?" ”

Yang Chong smiled faintly: "Mr. is doing big projects, the ingenuity of the mechanism is secondary, the management and efficiency of the team is the most important, if I can't even manage eleven craftsmen, even if I learn Mr. himself, at best he is a carpenter or blacksmith." ”