Chapter 227: The Royal Family's Industry
"Haha, Fujiwara-kun's plan is very clever, as long as these talents are cut off from returning to China, it is not impossible to stay in the Japanese country!" Ji Bei Zhenbei smiled sympathetically, as if he had seen a large number of talented people of the Tang Dynasty who had no choice but to cross the ocean to come to the Wa Kingdom and use them for the Wa Kingdom.
"This time Zhen Qian was forced by An Lushan to avoid trouble, it is the best opportunity, as long as we let out a little rumor, the fact of Zhen Qian's treason is a certainty, and even if Zhen Qian is allowed to return to China, I am afraid that there will be no chance!"
Fujiwara Qinghe squinted a pair of cloudy eyes, and quickly calculated in his mind, his eyes suddenly opened and a grim gaze flashed, "This matter is related to the reputation of the Tang envoy, there must not be the slightest mistake!" ”
The corners of Fujiwara's mouth showed a sinister arc: "Shoji, this matter doesn't need us to take action personally, as long as we secretly help the trouble, no one would have thought that this matter came from us?" ”
"That's for the best!"
This matter is not a small risk, Fujiwara Qinghe, as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, naturally hopes that the Japanese country will be strong, but he does not want to offend the Tang Dynasty because of this, so he hesitated again and again and did not resist the temptation, and reluctantly agreed to Fujiwara Shuxiong's plan to kill people with a knife.
"Tomorrow, you will visit Zhen Qian, invite Zhen Qian to meet him, and meet this Tang talent?"
Fujiwara Shuxiong nodded yes, knowing that Fujiwara Qinghe wanted to see Zhen Qian face to face, and he was still a little skeptical about the evaluation in his mouth, but Fujiwara Shuxiong was not worried, and believed that Zhen Qian would definitely surprise everyone.
Just when Fujiwara Shuxiong was thinking about using despicable means to leave Zhen Qian, Zhen Qian had already walked into Yihong Courtyard, frowning slightly, he was a little self-deprecating, the peaceful life of the Tang Dynasty was broken, fortunately, there was a year of preparation time before, so he would not be in a hurry, but there was still a lot of distance from his plan.
He tilted his head slightly and said: "Tianxing follows me, the two of you will wait at the back door of Yihong Courtyard after throwing off your tails, if not, you can return to the Drunken Immortal Building first, understand?" ”
"Isn't it the Wang family who is following us?"
"I wish I had too much heart!" In his heart, Zhen Qian didn't think that the Wang family would follow all the way from Luquan County to Yangzhou, but the appearance of the Wang family in Yangzhou also made Zhen Qian vigilant, I don't know why? Zhen Qian felt that things were far from being as simple as he imagined.
Yihong Courtyard was crowded, the voice of Yingying Yanyan was endless, the pretentious genius and the rich man with thousands of dollars in his waist were the same in Zhen Qian's eyes, a fragrant wind hit, a woman with grease and powder on her face seemed to see the gold ingots walking around, the silk handkerchief in her hand danced lightly, and the crisp and numb voice came: "The guest officer is so good-looking, it's the first time to come to Yihong Courtyard!" ”
Before Zhen Qian could speak, the face of the servant who led the way before sank, "This is a relative of the Wang family, don't do anything crooked!" ”
When the woman heard the Wang family, her face changed, the corners of her mouth twitched obviously, and when she looked at Zhen Qian, her plump breasts shook vaguely in front of her eyes, "It turned out to be a relative of the Wang family, she is really handsome, she is worthy of being a child of the family, and the sisters upstairs are blessed tonight!" ”
The servant pursed his lips and pushed the woman away roughly, "Just like that, you can serve some Tian Shehan, and I don't look at your appearance!" ”
Zhen Qian listened to their conversation interestingly, and it seemed that he should be a frequent visitor here, so he felt a lot more relieved.
Followed the servant to the second floor, in an elegant room sat an old man with snow-white hair, his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Zhen Qian, beside the old man, a girl in Confucian clothes lowered her head and beat her legs, and another girl stuffed a grape into the old man's mouth, and one of the old man's hands sank into the girl's chest, rubbing it wantonly.
"It's not serious! ...... still come to this kind of place, I really think that my sword is not old! ”
Zhen Qian appeared at the door, the two looked at each other, the latter beckoned to Zhen Qian with a smile on his face, Zhen Qian walked forward quickly, and saw that the other party's face was one or two points similar to his own, and immediately bowed and said: "Zhen Qian has seen his grandfather, and his grandfather's spirit is even more healthy!" ”
The old man had a warm smile on his face: "Haha! Sit down...... Let me take a good look, I didn't expect to see you in Yangzhou today, you grew a lot last time, and my grandfather won't recognize you."
Zhen Qian blinked his mouth, it was really a coincidence, he could see himself at a glance in the vast sea of people, this old dizzy look was at least two points and more, a liar!
This old man is Zhen Qian's grandfather who has not seen him for many years, named Wang Bo, is a side branch of the Langya Wang family, I don't know how many times more famous than the Zhen family in Hengzhou, and there is an unknown reason why he married his mother into the Zhen family.
Although the Feixian Wang family is only a side branch of the Langya Wang family, after all, it is one of the seven clans and five surnames, and there is no comparison with the Zhen family who is just a county wang, if it weren't for the old man talking about some long-term things, Zhen Qian didn't think that the Wang family would marry his daughter to the Zhen family, but because of this, Zhen Qian's position in the Zhen family would become so stable, thanks to the grandfather in front of him.
"This is the Wang family's industry in Yangzhou, what do you think?"
"The royal family's estate?" Zhen Qianleng paused for a moment, and then smiled, it was really unexpected that a big family like the Wang family would have such an industry, and it was no wonder that the servant just now was so arrogant.
"What? Isn't it a little stunned! ”
It was indeed unexpected, this was indeed a profitable business, Zhen Qian smiled dumbly and said, "I really didn't expect it!" It's a bit of an unexpected ......".
Wang Bo stared at Zhen Qian intently, seeing that his face showed surprise, he waved his hand to let the two maidservants leave the room, stood up and walked to the window of the hall on the second floor, and pointed to the people in the hall: "Do you know what business is the most profitable in Yangzhou?" ”
Zhen Qian shook his head, he hasn't been to Yangzhou for a day, wouldn't it be strange if he said anything about making money?
"It's salt...... Yangzhou's biggest business is salt, there are hundreds of salt ships traded on the docks in Yangzhou every day, as long as each bucket earns a few pennies, it is millions a year, and do you know that the salt business is controlled by those people? ”
Zhen Qian still shook his head.
"It's those royal nobles who are high in fine clothes and jade food, they control eighty percent of the salt sales, and they squander a steady stream of money every year, do you want to meddle in the salt industry?"
Zhen Qian heard Li Huang talk about the affairs of the clan, and those clans who have no real power in their hands are no less greedy for money than the eunuchs with crippled bodies, and of course there is Li Longji's connivance and protection.
"As soon as he met and talked to himself about what he was doing, was it to vent his dissatisfaction, and the object of this confiding ......."
Zhen Qian didn't know how to answer Wang Bo's words, but in his own opinion, whether it was the clan controlling the salt industry or the big family controlling the salt industry, there was no difference in essence, could it be expected that these people would not be mercenary.
(End of chapter)