Chapter 132: When It's Coming, Hold on Tight!

In the Tang Dynasty led by Emperor Taizong to the beginning of Zhenguan, the neighbor Da Shi Guo in the west, which was only separated by a green ridge, also came to the most powerful period in its history, and the four caliphs after Muhammad were shrewd and capable, and the great eclipse of the country was thriving at this time.

Persia, which was once very powerful, finally failed to withstand the pace of the expansion of the Great Food, and died fifty or sixty years ago when Tang Cheng crossed over to the Tang Dynasty, which is the origin of Xue Dong's scolding of Umar as a "lowly species", and it is also an objective reason for the large number of Persian Hu people in the Tang Dynasty.

For the Persian Hu people who lived in the Tang Dynasty, in this other person's country, faith has gone beyond the scope of religion for them, and has become the most important spiritual bond in identity, and the Zoroastrian Temple for religious activities has become a holy place for them to place their thoughts on their homeland.

Walking into the ancestral hall, it is as if you have returned to the hometown of your dreams!

The perfect fusion of pious religious beliefs and the thoughts of the homeland immersed in blood and bones was perfectly integrated in the Zoroastrian Temple, which made the already solemn religious site of the Zoroastria even more sacred for the Persian Hu who lived in exile in the Tang Dynasty.

According to Zoroastrian teachings, the 24-hour day is divided into five hours, during which there is a specific prayer service, and for the convenience of believers, the shrine is closed very late.

This night, the sacred and solemn Yangzhou Zoroastrian Temple in the past was unusually lively, and the Persian Hu who was sprinkling and sweeping in the Zoroastrian Temple suddenly saw two clansmen rushing in, one of them was still bleeding from his head, and the one who pulled him was still scolding and scolding while running.

The words he cursed were so unpleasant that the Persian Hu, who was in charge of worshiping the god of fire, could not help but pray to the great god Hu Tian after hearing only one sentence.

Although they had already entered the ancestral hall, the two people who rushed in were scolding. But he didn't stop running towards the main hall in the middle of the shrine to enshrine the holy fire.

The probability of such a thing happening in the sacred shrine was so small that the Persian Hu were a little stunned, and at this moment, they saw a group of fierce and vicious people rushing in at the door.

Seeing that the group of people who rushed in were hideous, reckless, and non-clansmen, those Persian Hu subconsciously wanted to stop and persuade them.

Before they could say anything to persuade them, a fist the size of a cymbal smashed into the door. It was followed by the "chaotic" fist and "chaotic" foot, at this moment, Xue Dong, who was scolded and annoyed, was really as brave as a fierce tiger, unstoppable, and really lived up to the "heroic" prestige of Yulin's personal guard.

Seeing that the master was like this, the "battle-hardened" subordinates who followed the ground were even more courageous, one by one, and in a moment they beat the Persian Hu in front of them to the ground. Continue to follow Xue Dong to chase after Umar and the others.

When Tang Cheng ran all the way with the other people watching the excitement, those Persian Hu were lying on the ground and groaning, the expression on their faces was dazed except for anger, they were obviously stunned, and they hadn't figured out the situation yet.

"What are you doing? Don't go and call someone yet", Tang Cheng in the crowd reminded loudly, and then stopped caring about these Persian Hu, who had just come to his senses, and continued to run inside.

When Tang Cheng first arrived at the door of the main hall where the sacred fire was enshrined. Then I heard a cry like a mourning concubine burst out of the air, "Holy fire...... Extinguished! As soon as the wail started, it was drowned in a sound of fists and feet.

Zheng Wu found this kid who was really good, and he completed the things he arranged.

Hearing this cry, Tang Chang breathed a sigh of relief, okay, it's finally done! Slowing down, he grabbed Zheng Wu next to him. He whispered: "Take advantage of the 'chaos' to get that kid away, send him directly to the boat, and see with your own eyes that you will come back after the boat is gone."

Zheng Wu nodded, and the people had already squeezed into the hall in front of Tang Cheng.

When Tang Cheng entered the main hall, he saw that there was a "chaos" inside, and among the messy "chaos" magic weapons thrown everywhere on the ground, there were three or four Persian Hu wearing white robes, and one of the oldest was prostrate under the altar. Although the body is being beaten. But he didn't feel any pain, and stared blankly at the altar with wisps of green smoke.

Zoroastrianism is the state religion of Persia. Just listen to the name to know how important the sacred fire in this altar is, that is the son of the great god Hu Tian, is the highest and most powerful thing created by God, the quietness, brilliance, vitality, acuteness, and purity of the holy fire is the absolute and supreme symbol of God, that is the "eye of justice" in the world, and the protection and praise of the holy fire is the greatest glory and duty of the believers.

The holy flame symbolizes the power and justice of the great god Hu Tian, the power and justice of the great god Hu Tian endure forever, and the holy flame of its symbol can never be extinguished once it is lit.

Umar also seemed to be shocked by the extinguishing of the flame, and he was so frightened that he forgot to dodge with blood on his head, and was kicked to the ground by Xue Dong, who was easily catching up with him, and punched him fatly, but it was the Persian kid thief found by Zheng Wu who slipped and used the vast space in the altar and the main hall to deal with the family.

As soon as Tang Cheng stood still in the main hall, he heard a commotion behind him, but because those people were in a hurry, they called Persian, so he couldn't understand what he was saying.

After a while, he felt that his body was being "forced" by the people in front of him to retreat to both sides, and the crowd at the entrance of the main hall parted a way, and some Persian Hu, who were also wearing white robes, walked in.

After these people came in, they didn't even bother to pay attention to the ongoing fight, and their eyes went directly to the altar, and then they almost all fell into a state of stupor.

Since the temple was built, the flame has been burning day and night for 39 years...... Extinguished?!

The blow was just too big!

At this time, the kid Zheng Wu found took advantage of the situation and rushed over from behind a pillar, shouting, "They extinguished the holy fire, it was the holy fire that this group of thugs extinguished!" He cried out, and his men were already burrowing behind the Persians like loaches.

By the time Xue Dong's subordinates wanted to catch that kid again, it was already impossible.

After watching that kid sneak out of the hall door by taking advantage of the chaos, and watching Zheng Wu follow him into the darkness outside the hall, Tang Cheng was completely relieved.

Tonight. All of this has come to an end with his own hands.

Not to mention whether the holy flame was inadvertently extinguished by Xue Dong and the others, even if they clearly knew that it was not done by themselves, they didn't want to argue clearly now.

Tang Cheng did not follow Zheng Wu and left, but stayed in the hall for a while, and as more and more Persian Hu came in outside, he and other Tang people who were watching the excitement were also cleared out of the palace gate.

When the door of the hall slowly closed, Tang Cheng heard Xue Dong's already frightened voice, "I'm Yulin's personal guard." Which of you dares to touch me? ”。

Crackling, Ding Ling's hammer......

Even through the thick hall gate, the screams of Xue Dong and his subordinates were still clearly audible.

It's so loud......

"Ah Cheng, you are running too fast", after Wu Yujun, who found Tang Cheng in the crowd, greeted him, he looked hard into the closed hall door while probing his brain, and said in his mouth: "Fight, fight to death." Lao Tzu let you drag, let you open your mouth to ...... fifty percent", his mouth was broken, and he kept gesturing back and forth in his hand, as if he was also kicking Xue Dong in the real world.

"Mission accomplished!". On the way back to the inn, Tang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Durach is an old fox, and the businessman's geocentric "sex" is the most difficult to measure, if it is just that his son was beaten after the Qinglou fought for the wind. It is highly likely that Durach will give in to compromises for the sake of long-term interests. But after the incident of the sacred fire of the Zoroastria just now, the two sides have become mortal enemies of each other, and at this point, it is impossible for Durach himself to retreat.

When he first heard Li Longji's name from Zhang Xianling at the beginning of last year, Tang Cheng was just a country boy who didn't even go to county school. It has been nearly two years, especially after months of patience, waiting and arrangement, and finally completed the price and test set by Zhang Liang tonight. The process of completion was almost perfect, and at this point, he finally caught the shadow of Li Sanlang.

Originally, Tang Cheng's original idea and purpose was just to get a piece of the huge tung oil business, and the most daring idea at that time was just to join hands with Sun Yuanjun to monopolize the tung oil business in Jinzhou, until he came to Yangzhou with Wu Yujun for the first time, he still had this idea.

But who would have thought that things would change so much? Here he got to know Zheng Lingyi, who has a typical two-sided "sex", and thus obtained the right to supply all of the tung oil and part of the pricing power to the maritime merchants.

When the capital in hand is extremely inflated, when such a fulcrum is mastered. What Tang Cheng was chasing in this shop business also quietly changed. Profit and money have become less important, and those attracted by profit have become the main targets.

The purpose of coming to Yangzhou was originally for the tung oil business. In the end, the tung oil business became the appearance, and the real big business became the pursuit of people, which he did, and so did Zhang Liang. It's just that he is chasing Li Longji, while Zhang Liang is chasing Hu Ren and Maritime Merchants who have huge wealth.

And at the moment when the flame in the altar of the Zoroastria was extinguished just now, the business in this shop, the real big business has also been settled, Zhang Liang and his representative Li Longji got what they wanted, and Tang Cheng also got what he wanted, this is a win-win business, as a traverser, Tang Cheng, who has worked in the company in later generations, understands very well: a win-win business is a business that can really be done for a long time.

What's even better is that in this business, Tang Cheng, like Zhang Liang, thinks that he is the one who gets the most benefits, the difference is that Zhang Liang's harvest is obvious, while Tang Cheng's income is invisible.

The beneficiaries of these invisible benefits are not only him, but also his family and Zheng Lingyi.

Looking back on this tung oil business, the transformation from small to large, until finally beyond the business itself, Tang Cheng couldn't help but think of a sentence from Ma Zheli that he learned in later generations: "The world is in motion, and the world is connected."

For Tang Cheng, the most important experience he has personally felt from this paving oil business is that opportunities are not absolute or non-existent, it always appears or disappears with the passage of time and changes in things. There is no point in lamenting that there is no opportunity, the real meaning lies in how to create with what you have, even trigger an opportunity, and finally firmly grasp it!

This is a cliché in later generations, but these clichés always need to be experienced in person. Only then can we truly understand it, believe in it, and then apply it to life, and ultimately change the fate of individuals.

When Tang Cheng finished this summary and reflection with a strong bookish atmosphere, he had also returned to the inn. The moment he pushed the door open, he suddenly remembered that Nanori had made an appointment with him to meet him for the night.

Turning his head to look at the sky, Tang Cheng pushed the door open, "What can she do!" ”。 After muttering a sentence in his mouth, he was really tired from running around for the past two days, and he went to bed early after freshening up.

The important things on my mind have gone, and this sleep is extraordinarily sound, and I don't get up until three o'clock in the morning. Just as Tang Cheng was having breakfast, Zheng Wu, who looked tired, came back and said that the boat that the Persian boy was on had already departed.

It seems that Tang Cheng is destined to be restless at this meal, Zheng Wu just left, and Wu Yujun, whose smiling eyes were squinted, walked in from the outside almost on his heels.

"Miserable. Tsk, that's miserable! After Wu Yujun sat down, he reached out and grabbed the Hu cake in front of Tang Cheng and gnawed it, and said while gnawing: "Pity our Xue Duwei who broke his two legs alive." His right arm is also broken, and I heard the news from the yamen that Lord Du Wei is now no longer even in human form! It's just in time to go last night, or else...... Gee. It's terrible, those Persians are really ruthless."

Regarding Wu Yujun's cat crying mouse, Tang Cheng only said one sentence: "Pretend, you continue to pretend."

At this sentence, Wu Yujun suddenly burst out laughing, and the Hu cake that had just been stuffed in his mouth even sprayed into Tang Cheng's bowl.

This bowl of gruel can't be drunk anymore.

Looking at the little and a half gruel left in the bowl, Tang Cheng frowned, and waited for Wu Yujun to laugh gloatingly before asking, "What is the saying in the yamen about this?" ”。

"What can you say? Lord Thorn Shi is very numb now! I have to worry about how to explain to the princess's mansion here. The Persian Hu over there are still unforgiving, this is all over the world except Chang'an, Yangzhou Persian Hu Duo, a bad place has to provoke the people's uprising", said this, Wu Yujun also rarely dragged the text: "'Since ancient times, China has been noble and cheap, and I love it as one' This is what Emperor Taizong clearly told the world in his edict, if he really wants to provoke Hu change, his assassination history will be over."

"Didn't you ask someone in the happy building in the yamen?" Tang Cheng deliberately did not mention the name of Qizhi.

"Last night was the Yangzhou Mansion of the Happy Building. Otherwise, the three Xue Dong would also be killed! Qinglou hooks, especially in a field like the Happy Building. Didn't you get jealous that day? What's more, so many people watched last night, what else is there to ask? Wu Yujun smiled, "He deserves to be unlucky with this thorn history, if he changes to another place, he can still take the opportunity to attack, so he can find a scapegoat to come out." But the roots of the Happy Building are hard, that Wang Fat Man is the eldest brother of the Huainan Provincial Observation Envoy, and Qizhi is the top cash cow of the Happy Building, borrowing a gut from the Yangzhou Thorn History, and he doesn't dare to break ground on the head of the top boss, this time, he is sad at this pass! ”。

The current days of Yangzhou Thorn History are indeed sad, but Tang Cheng's life in the past few days has been really relaxed.

The work that should be done has already been done, since the supplier specified in Zheng Lingyi's words is Wu Yujun, even if the parties who have the ability to participate in the pricing know that Wu Yujun is just a puppet, but for the sake of future consideration, Tang Cheng does not have to stay in the open.

On the third day after the incident of the Happy Building, Zheng Lingyi came forward to convene a meeting on the pricing of tung oil in the Kang Yuan Garden in Dulahe.

In addition to Zheng Lingyi and Wu Yujun, the meeting was attended by Wang Hanxiang, a representative of the Tang people's maritime merchants, Du Lahe, a representative of the Hu people's maritime merchants, and Zhang Liang, the prince of Anguo's palace.

There were a lot of "interludes" at this meeting, the old man Wang Hanxiang did not want the high price of tung oil to affect his own interests, and because of the absence of the backer Xue Dong, he did not dare to resist Zhang Liang, who had come to the fore, so he had the intention of holding back in advance to let Du Lahe come forward to reduce the price, who knew that what he didn't expect was that Du Lahe's proposal price for Wu Yujun didn't even refute a penny!

This is already surprising enough, and what makes the old man even more stunned is that Zhang Liang, who was supposed to be standing with Wu Yujun, and the better the price of tung oil, was as if his brain was confused, and he actually took the initiative to reduce the price!

The seller of tung oil stood on the position of buying tung oil, and he was afraid of the high price! Rao is the old man Wang is well-informed, and this is really the first time he has encountered such a thing, this is ...... This should have been said by Durach!

The day monster, what a day monster!

Since the seller can consider the buyer in this way, and the palace of the Prime Minister of Anguo behind Zhang Liang is so prominent, this business is easy to discuss! In the end, in a peaceful atmosphere, Zheng Lingyi came forward to finalize the case, squeezed Wu Yujun's empty head in the price, and then added a little to the price of the old man Wang who rode the wind, and finally set a price that was satisfactory to both parties.

And this price is only four cents less than what Tang Cheng told Zheng Lingyi in advance, and although the price is not too high than last year's market price, it is not too high, but after all, the amount is large, and Wu Yujun and other sellers can't make much money; Considering the tight supply situation this year, the rich maritime merchants also feel that this price is within an acceptable range, you must know that Zhou Lirong, who was menacing a few days ago, is going to rise by 30% to 30%.

The most important oil price is certain, and the proportion of the deposit payment after that is no longer a problem, and finally the whole meeting begins in harmony and ends in "mutual understanding", which is enough to deserve the word "fulfillment".

can have such a result, for Zheng Lingyi, who was able to take up this position because of his cousin Shangguan Wan'er, it is really a good political achievement, after all, the interest groups involved in this matter are too complicated, and the interests involved are also large, and anyone who sits in this position will not have a good time, not to mention Zheng Lingyi's age and qualifications.

When he was busy working here, Tang Cheng, who had already gone to his heart, entrusted the matter of Guan Guan to Zheng Lingyi for redemption, and then lived a life similar to the last few days of his previous visit to Yangzhou.

Tang Cheng sat at the head of the willow leaf boat, carefully watching the prosperity of the two sides of the strait, and occasionally heard a few faint sounds of pipa, and this faint pipa added a bit of indescribable ancient charm to Yangzhou.

There are paintings in the eye, and people swim in the paintings!

In the sound of paddles, Tang Cheng, who was sitting idlely, occasionally fell into a "mystery" thinking, is he a time-traveling person from the next generation? Or is he originally a Tang person, but he traveled to the afterlife in that forgotten memory, and came back again after experiencing a different kind of prosperity?

Zhuang Zhou's dream butterfly, is it a butterfly that turns into Zhuang Zhou? Or did Zhuang Zhou turn into a butterfly?

After all, the "mysterious" thoughts of such literati are very short, and when they come out of the "mysteries", Tang Cheng's free thoughts will inevitably drift to another place-the idea that was also born on this canal-if I were given a county and a state, would I be able to build it into the prosperity of Yangzhou in front of me......

When everything was done on Wu Yujun and Zheng Lingyi's side, Tang Cheng's days of traveling to Yangzhou were officially over, and it was time for him to go home......