As soon as Yang Chong sat down, he heard a commotion downstairs, and in the blink of an eye, Yuan Hongzhao came up with a eunuch to read out the holy decree: "Order Yang Chong to be the captain of the Zhengliupin Jianjie; Ge Qian Ren Zheng Jiupin Fengcheng Lieutenant; Li Baiyao served as the infantry captain of Linsi Mansion in Zhengliu Pinlu County. ”

Yuan Hongzhao stuffed twenty taels of silver, and the eunuch saw that Yang Chong was polite, and after Yang Chong thanked him, he said with a smile on his face: "If Lord Yang is fine, our family will go back to restore their lives." ”

Yang Chong thanked him: "There is a father-in-law, Hongzhao, send the father-in-law out." Following Ge Qian and Yuan Hongzhao, who went upstairs to receive the order, left and right, laughing and sending the eunuch downstairs, Li Baiyao's face was always gloomy, although Yang Guang looked at Cui Hongdu's face, he didn't care about Li Baiyao's quiet coming to Beijing, and gave him an official position, but this official position was slapping Li Baiyao's face alive.

At the beginning of the emperor's reign, Li Baiyao conferred the title of Tongshi of the East Palace, moved the prince to the house, and was also a bachelor of the East Palace; In the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, Li Baiyao attacked his father, conferred on the Ministry of Rites, and the crown prince Yang Yongzhao was called a bachelor of the East Palace; Even if he offended Emperor Yang of Sui and became the Sima of Guizhou, Shen Faxing appointed Li Baiyao as the assassin of the palace when he met. is also a six-rank officer, and the infantry captain of Linsi Mansion is just a low rank in the military, not to mention that Li Baiyao is not good at military affairs.

Yang Gongren teased Yang Chong and said: "Yang Chong, I didn't expect to be promoted when I was on vacation, it is estimated that Yang Xuangan will arrest you on an errand tomorrow." ”

Pei Ju has only been back in Chang'an for a few days, and he and Yang Xuangan have disagreements on the handling of many things, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are all Pei Ju's people, and they deliberately make things difficult for Yang Xuangan below, and the center can't coordinate several times; In addition, Fan Zigai is a rigid person, and his position is high, so he doesn't buy Yang Xuangan's account at all, and now the Ministry of Rites is a mess. Yang Chong shook his head and said, "Big brother, you spare your brother." My Langzhong was set up temporarily, and I didn't get scolded to death when I went to manage things. ”

Xiao Yu didn't let go of Yang Chong and said: "You were a seventh-grade at the time, and you could only be a langzhong, but now it's different, it's a sixth-grade, and a member of the rite department can also do it." However, as soon as the Holy Son of Heaven decrees, tomorrow at least half of the officials of the Ministry of Rites will bow their heads to Yang Xuangan. ”

Everyone laughed knowingly, there is one more idle Zhengliu Pinlang, how can those officials of the Ministry of Rites not panic, if Yang Xuan wants to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, it is a matter of minutes; Zhengliupin, it can be said that in addition to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, all the official positions under the Ministry of Rites can be held. Mai Tiezhu and Yu Wenkai just laughed and didn't help Yang Chong speak, Cui Hongdu rarely smiled and said: "Yang Chong, let's go to the workshop area on the bank of the Nancanglang River tomorrow to have a look, I don't know if Zhao Guogong and a few adults are free?" ”

Duhu immediately replied: "Cui Lao invited, even if he is not free, he has to take time." ”

is also the head of the family, the Duhu clan is still a level lower, and now that Cui Hongdu has released his kindness, how can Duhu let it go; In addition to Yu Wenkai and Xiao Yu, Mai Tiezhu, Yang Gongren, and Yuan Min all said that they were free, so they made an appointment to set off together. When the banquet was over, Yang Chong specially said hello to An Jiatuo and Luo Ersa, and the two were originally looking for Yang Chong for business, and immediately said that they would also go to the workshop area tomorrow and introduce a few friends to Yang Chong by the way.

In the early morning of the next day, when more than a dozen carriages arrived on the bank of the Nancanglang River, the head of the guard workshop area was startled, and flew to inform Fan Zigai, who hurried to the bank of the river and saw a group of people who had already entered the workshop area and were pointing. Since the workshop area was handed over to Fan Zigai, no one has come to talk about opening the workshop, Fan Zigai is a clean and attentive official, but he really has no connections in this regard.

Cui Hongdu looked at the scene and asked Fan Zigai with a stern face: "Isn't anyone in Chang'an and the Western Regions optimistic about the workshop area?" ”

Cui Hongdu's reputation among the officials of the Great Sui is not covered, or even high-ranking officials like Fan Zigai dare not confront it head-on, so he can only explain: "Lord Pei Ju said that this matter is not in a hurry, and it can only be done slowly, and the lower officials can't tie up businessmen." ”

Yang Gongren said unceremoniously: "Lord Fan has screwed things up, just like Zhihe Wine Workshop, it has been almost a month since the approval was submitted, and you have not replied. ”

Zhihe Distillery was finally determined to be the industry of Hongnong Yang's family, Yang Da, Yang Gongren, Yang Xuangan, Yang Shen, and Nanyang Princess each accounted for 20%, and Yang Chong only symbolically asked for 12 jars of wine every year; is such a lineup, and still failed to get the word consent in Fan Zigai's hand, the reason is very simple, Fan Zigai wants to be famous. Yang Chong's Xiaozhenzhai was also not allowed to sell iron pots, and he was afraid that the Hu people would buy iron pots and go back to change weapons, so they cheapened the No. 1 store of Xiaozhenzhai in Chang'an City for nothing.

Cui Hongdu's face was expressionless, and he asked Fan Zigai: "Tea is not so particular, right?" I heard from the fourth brother that he was going to partner with the Yang family and the Yu family to open a Zhongnan tea shop, so I came to ask. ”

Of course, Fan Zigai knows the inside story of the Zhongnan Tea Workshop, yesterday Fang Yiwu, a member of the Ministry of Rites, came to make a special trip and leaked the heavenly opportunity, the shareholders of the Zhongnan Tea House are Yang Chong, Yang Gongren, Yu Qintao, Cui Hongsu, Yang Gongren Yicheng, and the other three people are each Sancheng. The problem is that this is just a superficial thing, Yu Qintao and Cui Hongsu are actually the spokespersons of the Sixteen Wei and a gang of bigwigs, one is responsible for the sales of the Western Regions, and the other is responsible for the sales of the Saibei.

Fang Yiwu made it clear that if Fan Zigai dragged it out, he would offend the royal family after the Zhihe Wine Shop offended the royal family, and offended the five surnamed Qiwang and several generals in the army. Fan Zigai is not afraid, Pei Ju gave him a clear analysis, if these people go to Gonggongfang in other places, they will definitely offend Emperor Yang Guang of Sui; But he didn't expect that Cui Hongdu and Mai Tiezhu would personally go into battle, Fan Zigai was speechless for a while, and Mai Tiezhu sneered: "Lord Fan, could it be that tea is also a controlled material now?" ”

Duhu usurped out and said: "The imperial court does not stipulate tea control, and Lord Fan has just been transferred back from Wuwei, and he is not very suitable for the rhythm of Chang'an. Lord Fan, Chang'an is full of powerful and wealthy businessmen, but it is not easy to open a workshop casually, asking for money and technology; The reason why everyone came to the workshop area to open it is to give the court a long face, and we will take the lead and make this piece come alive. ”

Fan Zigai said seriously: "Zhao Guogong is reasonable, but once you occupy a good position, ordinary people will not come, and in the end it is just the result of using power for personal gain." Fan made a promise that as long as a people's workshop entered the venue, I would approve it immediately. ”

Duhu sighed and wanted Yang Chong to say a few words, but turned around and saw Yang Chong and An Jiatuo standing on the bank of the Canglang River, happily talking about something. Anjiatuo is a Persian, a warlock around Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, whether in Greek or Chinese, can communicate with Yang Chong, Yang Chongzheng told him his idea of this workshop area, and saw a guard of Duhu Usur running over, Yang Chong smiled and said: "Anjiatuo, I have to pass, Fan Zigai seems to be a good official who is not afraid of power." ”

After Yang Chong came over, he learned of the current situation and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm not a newly opened wine shop and tea shop, just produce in the old place." Master Cui, I just talked to Angatha, they have two merchant groups in Persia who will come to Chang'an during the Western Regions Conference, and when the time comes, you send someone here, and I will let the old remnant come forward to sweep the goods, which can be regarded as compensation for your Cui family. ”

Cui Hongdu said with a straight face: "It's not your fault, the Cui family doesn't need compensation, as long as your tea is delivered on time." ”

"No problem." Yang Chong turned around and asked everyone: "Otherwise, it will be Fengle Building at noon?" ”

Everyone walked out in a mighty way, and Fan Zigai approached Duhu and asked in a low voice: "Are the tea workshops and wine shops really produced?" ”

Duhu usurped and said: "The winery has been sending wine to the palace for a few months, it is the elixir wine, the kind that is bottled in porcelain bottles, but the winery is still Yang Chong's; The tea shop is also owned by Yang Chong alone, and Yu Qin Taoguang is responsible for selling it, because Cui Hongdu came to Chang'an in person, Yang Chong agreed to the partnership. ”

Fan Zigai's face suddenly changed greatly, Pei Ju and Yang Xuangan both dug a pit for him, and it was the kind that could bury people.

(End of chapter)