After a while, someone slowly came in.

It was Su Fang, a member of the Cabinet University.

Su Fang has a very ordinary square face, usually taciturn, in terms of appearance, ordinary in the crowd, you can skip it at a glance, but in fact, in the cabinet, many people regard him as a transparent person, he is too cautious, and is even secretly called a papier-mâché bachelor.

However, he has never been smiling, and Chen Kaizhi has not had much contact with him, so he is not impressed by him.

Seeing this Su Fang coming in steadily, Chen Kaizhi did not slack off, and hurriedly got up and saluted him.

"I've seen Su Gong."

Su Fang glanced at Chen Kaizhi, only nodded slightly, showing a modest look, but asked with a little concern, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Ah......" Chen Kaizhi was a little surprised, at the beginning of this topic, he was really a little speechless, at this point in time, he naturally didn't eat, so he shook his head at Su Fang: "I haven't eaten yet." ”

Su Fang sighed, and said with a little worry: "When you are young, you must not lack sleep and empty your stomach because of your blood and strength, and when you are old, you will be sick like a mountain, and you will regret it at that time, you are from Feiyu Peak, right?" ”

Chen Kaizhi's head: "Exactly." ”

Su Fang had already sat down slowly, picked up the tea cup that had been prepared on the table, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly.

"From Feiyufeng to the palace, there is a five-horse street, there is a pastry shop, everything else is general, except that osmanthus cake, but it is a must, if it is eaten with their tea, but it is still a little worse, you need to go forward thirty steps, there is a tea stall called Liu Ji, the tea there, is also a decades-old brand, the water they make tea, is taken from the dragon and tiger stream outside the city, although it is a small tea stall, the tea available, but it is still good, the most important thing is that if it is this osmanthus cake, eat it with this Liu Ji's tea, although it is not a delicacy in the world, but it is also a rare good product, when you go back, go and try it, you are satisfied. ”

Belch......

Chen Kaizhi felt that he was a little confused about this Su Ge elder.

When he opened his head, he talked about eating, so could it be that he was summoned here today to talk about food?

Or, is Su Ge Lao a relative who sells tea and cakes?

Chen Kaizhi was embarrassed.

But when Su Fang looked at Chen Kaizhi's demeanor, she seemed to see through Chen Kaizhi's thoughts, so she smiled again: "You don't know these two things, right?" ”

Chen Kaizhi shook his head very dryly and said, "I don't know." ”

Chen Kaizhi was a little confused, what if he knew? I don't know what, does it really have anything to do with finding him here today?

Su Fang glanced at Chen Kai, continued to take a sip of tea, and then said with a humble face: "I don't know, it's understandable, you are not from Luoyang after all, you came to Luoyang, either in the temple or in the school palace, where do you know the market situation." Now, don't say it's a clan, it's the most low-ranking official in the capital, and I don't know much about this market, and I'm not down-to-earth. ”

Su Fang sighed, as if she had a lot to say.

"Actually, the old man looks down on this, of course, the old man doesn't blame you, the old man is just afraid that all the officials in the court have become rootless duckweed. Okay, you are tired of hearing these words, early this morning, there are a few notes on the lower head, which is intended to let you come to the Counselor's Department to welcome guests, you are a clan, and you should share the worries of the court......"

As he spoke, he knocked his finger on the case, as if he was smiling, obviously, he knew very well what Chen Kaizhi meant.

At present, the Counselor's Rites Department is also responsible for welcoming guests, this is simply a matter that can no longer be pitted, this matter is spread on his head, Chen Kaizhi knows that this must have been deliberately arranged by someone.

Chen Kaizhi pursed his lips and didn't speak for a long time, even though he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but Su Fang just explained his own work, and he couldn't refute it at all.

He thought about it in his heart, and finally had to bow his head and say: "The lower officials understand that the current welcome is difficult, and the court has great concerns, this matter is caused by me, and they want to blame me, and I can't avoid it." ”

"That's fine." Su Fang was surprised, but he didn't expect Chen Kaizhi to have no prevarication, so he nodded to Chen Kaizhi with an appreciative face and said: "It's rare for you to be like this, the old man will be relaxed, so let's do it, the old man will write a note and send it to the Ministry of Rites, and then someone will inform you about the welcome department of the Ministry of Rites, okay, it's not too early, you go back early, go to breakfast, don't be hungry, people are iron, rice is steel, but it can't be missing, next time, the old man has to ask." ”

Chen Kaizhi was speechless, but said, "Yes." ”

Then he said goodbye.

His impression of this Su Gong is indeed very vague, no wonder everyone calls him a papier-mâché elder, except for a few serious words, everything else is some nonsense.

Chen Kaizhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, there are really everyone in the cabinet.

But he couldn't help but have questions, since this Su Ge Lao is so indiscriminate, why can he become a Ge Lao?

You must know that this pavilion elder is not just a will in the palace, but needs to be elected by hundreds of officials.

To a certain extent, behind every cabinet scholar is often the product of compromise after countless fierce struggles among the temple princes.

In addition to qualifications, you can't offend people, and often, there is a group of basic plates behind you who are running for you.

Su Ge Lao, studying and eating tea and cakes every day, can he also be on the top?

Naturally, Chen Kaizhi never believes that there is such a simple thing.

He thought about it in a mess, and then thought about the so-called counselor's welcome......

This is equivalent to Chen Kaizhi has the right to directly negotiate with the envoys of various countries, of course, with rights, there are obligations, if the countries are harmonious, this is naturally your credit, but if something happens, you will not be able to escape the blame.

Obviously, this should be what King Zhao meant.

King Zhao now has a lot of henchmen, as long as he gives a hint, I don't know how many people will wave their flags and shout for him, even if it is the cabinet, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop it.

Chen Kaizhi left the palace with complicated feelings, and halfway through, he suddenly remembered the tea stall and the pastry room that Su Fang said.

Since Su Gong has already said it, and he also said that he will check it in the future, he has to go.

Chen Kaizhi thought about it like this, anyway, he was hungry, so he just went for a walk.

So he rode a horse, took a few guards waiting outside the palace, and hurried to Wuma Street.

At this time, it is already three poles on the sun, and here is close to the East Market, so the flow of people is like weaving, and the street is very lively, with all kinds of hawkers, merchants, and tourists one after another.

Wandering around like today, Chen Kai suddenly had a feeling of being separated from the world.

Although he can be self-sufficient on Feiyu Peak, as Su Ge Lao said, he is a little ungrounded.

Chen Kaizhi rode on the horse, walked slowly with the horse, and looked around with a pair of eyes.

People come and go, people flow endlessly, this Luoyang City is really lively.

Gazing at the crowd, they walked as if they were strolling around.

Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but think, strolling through the lively streets and feeling the life of the people, this seems quite comfortable.

Chen Kaizhi pursed his lips and smiled, and simply dismounted.

Just then, I heard shouting in the distance.

"Refined salt, refined salt, refined salt from Jinling...... The last few are in stock. ”

In the distance, there are a lot of silk shops, but they have played a signboard, or hang a flag, on the top is the notice of Jinling cloth, the price of Jinling cloth is affordable, and it began to occupy the market rapidly.

Chen Kaizhi knew that the matter he explained to the Xun family had caused such a big trend.

Think about it, salt merchants need to buy salt, and this refined salt can only be bought from the salt mill of Chen Kaizhi and the Xun family, the taste of refined salt and coarse salt can be said to be very different, in this case, many salt merchants want to survive, they have to get refined salt.

As for the distribution strategy adopted by the Xun family, although the salt merchants were a little unwilling, they had to pinch their noses and admit it. If you want to buy ten catties of salt, you have to buy another piece of cloth, this is the rule, the salt is in, it must not be sold, it is profitable, but the cloth is different.

There are many cloth-making workshops in the south of the Yangtze River, and the competition is fierce, but the salt merchants can not leave the cloth at home, so they have to use all channels to buy cloth.

There was fierce competition in Jinling, so they tried to sell the cloth to Luoyang, or go to Guanzhong and Kanto; The price is too high to compete, so the price is reduced and peddled, and others sell a piece of cloth for three taels of silver, and they will sell it for two taels, which is nothing more than a price war.

Anyway, they have already earned enough money from refined salt, and these cloths, as long as they can recover their costs, or even lower than the cost, are acceptable, and they can exchange them for as much as they can anyway.

So, now on the market, countless shops, all love to enter Chen Kaizhi and Xun's cloth, from the salt merchant to buy, the price is low, and the texture is not bad, even if the price is lower, it is profitable, on the other hand, now Songjiang cloth and Southern Chu, Shu brocade and other fabrics in Jinling, they do not like to enter.

It is said that this led to the closure of many cloth mills in Jinling and Songjiang, and they were unable to compete with the dumped cloth at all.

Chen Kaizhi looked at it, couldn't help but smile, and asked someone to inquire, only to find the cake shop.

In fact, this is just a tea stall, at first glance it is an old shop, but this stall is already overcrowded, the stall hangs the pan flag, and the book reads: "Welcome guests from all over the world, invite guests from all over the world".

There is an inscription on it, but this inscription surprised Chen Kaizhi that it was actually mentioned in the text of the Ministry of Rites.

Chen Kaizhi finally waited for a place to sit down, asked a few guards to sit down together, and asked people to go to the tea stall thirty steps away to buy tea.

After ordering the osmanthus cake, I admired the flow of people here.

The shopkeeper soon came up with the pastry, and Chen Kaizhi was about to eat it, but at this time, he heard someone scolding: "Are you blind?" Obviously, I came first......"

As soon as the man scolded, the shopkeeper hurriedly wiped his hands and said with a smile: "Liang Gongzi, this ...... This...... In fact, they came first, and the villain will give you ......"