Looking at Zihei's eager appearance, Zhou Bian's heart was very warm, this person is indeed sincere to himself, judging from what he calls Zi, he should also be a descendant of the royal family, maybe it is one of his cousins or cousins, etc., but it is a pity that the royal family is not complete after several disasters, or the pre-Qin period did not pay attention to genealogy at all, so that it is impossible to find out what the relationship between these side branches and himself is, but it is certain that the descendants of Prince Wen are all over the world, This Zihei's unwavering loyalty to the royal family is the best illustration of his loyalty. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But if you want to leave here suddenly, you really have to give the owner a reason, otherwise it will be difficult for anyone to change.

"Zihei, don't think about it, it's good that you're good here, but you're too lively here, people come and go in the front hall wine shop, and this king likes to be quiet. And this king has moved away, won't you be more comfortable doing business? lest you have to be distracted to take care of the king. Zhou Bian said with a smile, think about it, don't tell Zihei what he really thinks, after all, he is just a businessman, he just needs him to concentrate on doing business for himself, but he doesn't have to worry about these unrelated business things.

But when I think about business, I have something to ask. So Zhou Bian said again, "Zihei, you also know that this king talked with the merchant Bai Gui for a long time just now, do you recognize this person?" ”

Speaking of this, Zihei suddenly came to his senses, "Bai Gui, I just recognize this person." The ancestor of the Bai family is also my Great Zhou Doctor, but in the generation of Zihei's father, he has decayed into an authentic commoner, but Bai Gui is extremely smart, he has been in the market since he was a child, and he has to ask for a price and quality for any goods. When I was a teenager, I took out all my ancestral savings and began to do some small business, but since then it has been out of control, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has become the largest grain merchant in Luoyang, these days I often come to my natural residence to drink for fun, and we also took the opportunity to negotiate with it A few small deals, if the king is good friends with this person, all kinds of ingredients and sake in my hotel in the future are not worried about the source. ”

It seems that this Bai Gui is really a big businessman, Zhou Bian is happy, it seems that even in order to bring down the price of sake, he needs to come to the door by himself. But listening to what Zihei said, this person is really good at doing business, and he is so proficient in current affairs, observing subtleties, he is really a rare talent, it would be good if he could really pull him to his side, what era, talent is the decisive factor, Zhou Bian couldn't help but think.

"Then are you familiar with that Bai Gui?" Zhou Bian asked expectantly.

Zihei shook his head regretfully, but thinking about it, this little property of the royal family is actually not worth mentioning in the eyes of those really rich businessmen.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian said again, "Then Yidun and Guo Zong, do you recognize them?" "I only heard Bai Gui mention it just now, but I didn't have time to ask.

Zihei's eyes lit up again, "Speaking of these two people, it is really enviable to people in the world." These two people are really rich in the world, and compared to Bai Gui and them, it is also a heaven and an earth. This Yidun is a Wei person, who traveled to various countries to sell cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock, and made friends with the Qi country, selling Qi salt and Sanjin and Qindi, which is my Luoyang city, and the food is mostly his family's salt. Besides, Guo Zong, is a Zhao person, he is the most profitable iron, specially designed for the princes of various countries to create weapons, I also have an iron shop in Luoyang City, selling the best swords in Luoyang, if the son is free, you can also go to have a look, but his family in my Luoyang business is not very good, just because the asking price is too expensive. These two are really doing business all over the world, and the rest of the people are looking up to them. ”

It turned out that one was a salt dealer and the other was an arms dealer. Well, it seems that it's time to study ironmaking technology, I studied science in high school in my previous life, and my theoretical knowledge is stronger than anyone in this era, and I am not afraid that I can't practice good steel. The reason why the United States in later generations was so developed and surpassed the Western European powers in one fell swoop in the 20th century was not because it made war money in World War II. However, speaking of this salt, Zhou Bian immediately had other ideas in his heart, the salt of this era is still dried sea salt, the particles are particularly large, and there are many impurities, this can be changed immediately to make refined salt.

Seeing that Zhou Bian was in a daze, Zihei thought that Zhou Bian was also amazed by these two people, and hurriedly continued, "But with the talent of the king, in a few years, he will definitely be the richest man in the world." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sweat profusely, he was really talking about money, the richest man is a fart, your king is a king, not a big businessman, what is the use of just having money? But let's be honest, the foundation of the state is still money.

Without further ado, Zhou Bian waved his hand to let Zihei retreat, and he walked up in the courtyard, remembering that he had rectified the royal family industry for several months, but his income was still limited, and his subordinates and others had no available talents, how good it would be if he could really get Bai Gui for his own use. I also remembered that Han and Chu were at war, and Wei raised troops to the south, did it really help Korea as Bai Gui expected, or did it copy the backyard of South Korea as Chu expected? And the biggest enemy of the royal family at present is Gongyi, and Gongyi is supported by South Korea, how can we find a way to make South Korea defeat in this war, or even decline from now on?

I didn't have an idea in my heart for a while, so I walked around and kicked the stones in the courtyard straight away. Suddenly, I heard someone running at the door, but it was the guard on duty today, and he arched his hand and said, "Childe, the young master sent someone to report." As he spoke, another person flashed behind him, his expression was hurried, his face was tired, and he only heard the man kneeling down in the tunnel, "King, the young master recruited troops on the outskirts of Luoyang according to the previous agreement with the Duke of Zhou, but after recruiting for a few days, he changed several places, but no one came to respond, the young master couldn't, and asked the king to punish him." ”

This matter actually did not go well, but it was unexpected by Zhou Bian, and he thought that if he made a bid, some people would naturally be tempted, but unexpectedly, it seemed that he still needed to go and see it himself.

When he asked carefully, the person who reported the news didn't know anymore, and only said that the young master had ordered him to talk about what he would say, which made Zhou Bian's heart itch. I had to reassure the person who reported the news, and then continued to kick the pebble. If you think about it carefully, it's easy to think about this matter, either people in this era hate being soldiers, or someone is getting in the way, so who is in the way? The only one who can get along with the royal family is Gongyi, but their influence is not so great, I heard the captive last time say that Ji Ban has not completely controlled Gongyi, but he is just borrowing the power of South Korea. Thinking about it, the only one who has the ability to secretly stop is the Duke of Zhou in Luoyang, didn't he just reconcile with him, does the Ji Dynasty have other ideas, or are the people below the Ji Dynasty going against the royal family?

Thinking for a long time, still not the essentials, had to give up, but Zhou Mi is efficient, the same day to find a small house, in the civilian area in the south of the city, the house is not big, just because the family moved to other countries, so the sale, as long as 8,000 yuan after listening to the report, Zhou Bian decided to put down the troubles in his heart, and Zhou Mi to see together, sometimes it is useless to think too much, it is better to go out for a walk. As he walked, Zhou Bian asked casually, "Zhou Mi, I remember that your ancestors were not warriors in the royal family, why did you think of coming to be a soldier?" ”

Zhou Mi replied, "The small one is to eat a mouthful, and it happened that the royal family was recruiting people in Chengzhou, and the small one wandered here at that time, and he didn't want to go to the store as a buddy, so the small one went, and the second also wanted to touch the light of the royal family. Zhou Bian couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, the military system is still a family system at this time, as long as he becomes a soldier at this time, future generations can also be eaten as soldiers, which is not conducive to combat effectiveness in the long run, but from the current point of view, since there are such benefits, but no one has come, it seems that most of them are secretly blocked by someone.

In the blink of an eye, we arrived at the small mansion, and the owner was still waiting. If you look closely, this house is indeed inconspicuous, it is very ordinary in this civilian street, and it is not noticeable at all. This courtyard has only two entrances in the front and back, a total of five rooms, but it is a little dilapidated because it has been a long time, but Zhou Bian didn't care, and bought it after nodding in agreement. After Ling Zhou Mi took the rest of the money to buy more than a dozen sets of beds, he moved over with the little maid Xiu'er and a dozen guards that night.

This small mansion is very broken, and even the panes are not covered with clouds, so that the wind blows straight into the house, making Xiu'er tug at a small mouth, full of unhappiness, and Zhou Bian comforted him for a long time, so he lived with peace of mind. Thinking that Xiu'er grew up in the palace since she was a child, although the palace is poor, it is not broken, and it is understandable for Xiu'er to complain. But the guards are all fine, after all, the better houses in the royal family are all occupied by nobles and high-status maids, so these guards are not picky.

The next day, Zhou Bian got up early in the morning, took his guards, and walked to the northern suburbs of Luoyang City with the man who reported yesterday. It wasn't until more than ten miles out of the city that I saw the young master and his party gathering outside a mountain village. When I walked in, I saw the young master's sad face, and a royal note officer holding a bamboo slip next to him also had a general expression.

As soon as he saw Zhou Bian, the young master, who had never talked much, took the initiative to complain, "The king, the old man has run all over the countryside around Luoyang in the past few days, and he has promised the conditions that the king said, and his mouth is broken, and no one has signed up to join the army, the old man didn't want to alarm the king, there is really no way." ”

Zhou Bian nodded slightly, "Then what did you all say?" ”

"According to the king's instructions, including food and lodging, clothing, fifty yuan a month, half a year, but no one believed it, they all said that the royal family was deceiving them, and they were going to recruit them as hard labor, and they were not given food or clothing, and the old man's mouth was foaming, but no one believed it." The young master chattered and said, I want to come to the young master with such a high status, but I went to persuade the people in person, but no one believed it, the young master was only afraid that he would have come to the fire a long time ago, but he just thought that the king had placed his trust in this and did not have a seizure.

After finishing speaking, the young master looked around again, and then leaned close to Zhou Bian and whispered, "The old man suspects that someone is deliberately spreading rumors to provoke the villagers' distrust of the royal family. ”

The villagers of Luoyang belong to the Zhou Gong, and they can only be affected by the Zhou Gong, thinking of this, Zhou Bian opened his mouth and was about to come out, but was stopped by the young master with his eyes. I saw that the young master squinted his eyes, Zhou Bian looked at it, and saw a middle-aged short and fat gentleman, with his sleeves caged, seemed to be in a daze, and seemed to be paying attention to listening here, no matter how he looked at it, it was a little suspicious, Zhou Bian was also a smart person, and after a little thought, he knew that this must have been sent by Zhou Gong, so he didn't mention what he said just now.

Sure enough, after the two talked for a while, the young master brought the scholar to meet, the scholar is the tax official here, and he is very familiar with the villagers, this time he was sent by Zhou Gong to assist, it seems that Zhou Gong is still in place on the surface.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Bian had an idea, and instructed Zhou Midao to go to Luoyang Zihei to get two thousand money, and Zhou Mi ordered him to leave with a few people. It took a long time for people to look around, only to find a stone the size of a grinding plate, if two people move it is relatively easy, one person needs a strong man to move it, everyone is puzzled, in the face of everyone's puzzled eyes, Zhou Bian just smiled slightly, and did not explain.