Soon it was the New Year, this is the second time Zhou Bian has spent the New Year in Anyi, when he first crossed over to this body, this body was nine years old, and then a year passed in Chengzhou, and two years in Luoyang, so after this year, Zhou Bian's current body is thirteen years old, although he is still a child, but in this era when a man can marry a wife at the age of fourteen, Zhou Bian can already be regarded as close to the city year. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And in the past year and a half, eating with Wei Hou is mainly meat, which is much stronger than Luoyang, so that although he has traveled thousands of miles twice, Zhou Bian can clearly feel that he has obviously grown a lot stronger and taller, compared to Ning Yue, who is not tall, he is half a head shorter, maybe in another year, at most no more than two years, maybe he can surpass Ning Yue, Zhou Bian thought in his heart.

Although it is celebrated every year, there are different things happening every year, and although it is in Anyi like last year, this New Year is still significantly different from last year, that is, it has a little more hometown flavor.

Ning Yue really organized in place, less than the New Year, Tian Yi led by six Luoyang nobles arrived, Tian Yi actually came by car in person, followed by Yi Ying, Zhao Piao, Xin's family, Tu Meng of the Tu family, the head of the Wang family, these are all cronies, but also Zhou Bian relied on the backbone of Luoyang to govern Luoyang, seeing these people, Zhou Bian's heart suddenly put down, there are more than 10,000 soldiers of the Taishi and Young Master Bai Xiang and the royal family, Luoyang will not have a big chaos, with these few, Luoyang will not have a small chaos and there will be no disagreement between the government and the opposition.

These people came naturally headed by Tian Yi, and after arriving in Anyi, they naturally met Wei Hou first, presented a gift from Luoyang, and also expressed their worries about the king's guest residence, but Wei Hou was very happy, and did not obstruct it, and readily agreed to Tian Yi's request, so that the monarch and the ministers could see each other without hindrance, obviously Wei Hou did not want the Son of Heaven under his control to be just a real loner.

What Tian Yi and the others didn't expect was that Wei Hou actually returned the gift, and the gifts were still exchanged, and even more than they sent, which may have been the case in China since ancient times.

Meeting a confidant in a foreign country is one of the four joys of life, looking at the six people who came after hard work, Zhou Bian was so happy at first that he didn't know what to say.

First of all, it is natural that the courtiers from Luoyang asked about the recent situation of the Son of Heaven to express their concerns, this chat is a morning, after lunch, Ning Yue began to ask about the recent situation in Luoyang, and sure enough, it is not much different from what the letter said, Luoyang including its lower Bayi are booming, and the autumn grain harvest for two consecutive years has also made Luoyang's hearts settle down a lot, as the first big city in the Central Plains, Luoyang's commerce is also more developed than before, and the royal family's industry, including subcontracted to the nobles, has also begun to make profits, Taking the road of commercial development is indeed a road, and Tian Yi and others are very happy when it comes to this, but they don't know that they have actually been tied to the carriage of industry and commerce by Zhou Bian.

However, Tian Yi still expressed his concern that the king was not in Luoyang, obviously, some corners that the royal family could not control, there were already people talking about the future of the royal family in private, discussing the possibilities of how to develop Luoyang if the king could not come back, in the mouths of idlers, there have been three directions, one is to maintain the status quo, the Taishi governs the country, and the Taishi is not there to govern the country in vain, and the second is Wang Zijiong, that is, Zhou Bian's cousin, in the eyes of the idlers, as long as the queen mother dies, Wang Zijiong will be invited out by the ministers, After all, the country cannot be left without an owner, when it comes to this, Tian Yi couldn't help but look at Zhou Bian's face, as for the third, that is, the son of the former Duke of Zhou, who has never had a sense of existence, may be able to master Luoyang again with the support of the old minister to become the real Duke of Zhou, then if the restoration of the Duke of Zhou is successful, the royal family will no longer have land, when it comes to this, Tian Yi couldn't help but look at Ning Yue, everyone knows that Ning Yue was willing to submit to the royal family, in fact, he was entrusted by the old lady of the Duke of Zhou to take care of the safety of the prince.

Ning Yue's face turned white naturally, but Zhou Bian said with a smile, "Ning Qing is by the side of this king, so naturally he will not do anything that will set history back, this king, this king believes in Ning Qing." ”

"But the rumors hurt!" Tian Yi is all worried, after all, it will be his children's family.

"As long as this king returns to Luoyang, these rumors will be broken!" Zhou Bian said affirmatively, but his eyes looked out the window, full of worries about the future.

Zhou Bian's concern is naturally not whether Ning Yue will rebel, but obviously because he is not in Luoyang, and he cannot guarantee the hearts of the people in Luoyang.

"When the ministers return to Luoyang, they will definitely hype up the grand event of meeting the king in Anyi." Yi Ying obviously understands the worries of the Son of Heaven very well, and can also share the worries of the king. Zhou Bian smiled back.

"After the minister returns to Luoyang, he will definitely send more people to patrol the streets, and if there is any more nonsense, he will be killed." Tu Meng also shouted, obviously the thinking of the military general was different from that of Wenchen.

Zhou Bian smiled and waved his hand, "There is no need for this, Tu Qing only needs to train well, if you have time, you can invite more friends and mention some of the recent situation of this king, it will be better." ”

"Do as the king commands!" Tu Meng arched his hand.

The rest of Zhao Biao and others also expressed their positions.

"Before Zhu Qing leaves, this king will take Zhu Qing to meet Wei Hou again, if there is no accident, Wei Hou will also have a gift, I don't know what Zhu Qing wants?" Zhou Bian finally laughed.

"How dare you ask for Wei Hou?" Tian Yi and the others waved their hands again and again.

"Wei Hou has a good face, in front of this king, he will definitely treat Zhu Qing preferentially, if Wei Hou speaks, Zhu Qing just mentions." Zhou Bian said with a smile, this point is still seen through.

Tian Yi and the others looked at each other, but they still couldn't make up their minds after all.

"It's better to ask for some slaves, when the Han army came to attack last year, they borrowed a lot of domestic slaves, so it's better to ask Wei Hou for some, hundreds will not be given, but dozens of them, Wei Hou is still very happy." Ning Yue came up with an idea. In fact, this is what Zhou Bian and others have already discussed, thinking that the support of these Luoyang nobles for the royal family, in addition to the office, the most important thing is two, one is to sell the land to the royal family, and the second is to sacrifice domestic slaves for the royal family to defend the city.

"Is that good?" Tian Yi asked, probably because he was worried that Wei Hou would not be able to accept it.

"People are the primary productive forces, and only people can create more value." Speaking of this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but show an unfathomable expression, knowing that these people were confused, he couldn't help but pause before he continued, "So, don't be in vain, go back and work for you." ”

"No!" Tian Yi waited for this to bow down and say yes.

"But don't leave important things to these slaves!" Zhou Bian added another sentence.

The time of the Chinese New Year is always short, Tian Yi and several others, accompanied and led by Ning Yue, went to the banquet of several nobles in Anyi, both sides were very polite, there were gifts to each other, but it was also very lively. Obviously, these Anyi nobles will never have the atmosphere of Wei Hou, so it is often the gifts of Tian Yi and others that are far more valuable than return gifts. Of course, it is inevitable that there will be Wei people at the banquet who will ask about their views on the king, but Tian Yi and the others have already been explained by Ning Yue, unified the caliber, and pushed some of the king's past exploits to Bai Gui and others.

Finally, it was time to say goodbye to Wei Hou again, after leaving for more than half a month, Tian Yi and the others would actually be a little worried about their families, of course, they might be afraid of being left behind by the king to accompany them, so on the eighth day of the first lunar month, together with Zhou Bian Ning Yue and others, Tian Yi and his entourage of hundreds of people came to say goodbye to Wei Hou together. Sure enough, the atmospheric Wei Hou obviously enjoyed this feeling of being respected, and took the initiative to ask for a gift again, and as he spoke, Ning Yue euphemistically proposed that the people of Luoyang wanted fewer slaves, and Wei Hou was really atmospheric, Tian Yi and other six families had fifty families.

Wei Hou's movements were also very fast, and three hundred young men in ragged clothes were brought over before the banquet was over. Wei Hou was toasted repeatedly by Tian Yi and others, and he was so happy that he took the initiative to send a thousand soldiers to escort him back to Luoyang. Tian Yi and his party came to Anyi, it is really not a good harvest to return, but at the same time, they also left twenty family children as guards, of course, this is also to take advantage of Wei Hou's happiness to get Wei Hou's nod. The two things proposed by Ning Yue were completed at one time, and Tian Yi and the others were also very simple.

After sending away Tianyi, it naturally ushered in a period of quiet, the banquet was much less, the first month and February were still relatively cold, except for practicing swords and exercising, the rest of the time was indoors, and a lot of heaters were placed indoors, and the indoor oven was baked like spring, of course, it was natural, Zhou Bian's skin was also dry and roughened a lot, and the firepower given by Wei Hou was too strong, and the indoor water was not splashed.

It's just a pity that the net laid down half a year ago has not made any practical progress so far, and the spies who went to Hexi have not been in contact with the Qin State Office or nobles, nor have the Chu State and the Zhao State, and the Qi State is slightly stronger, of course, it is mainly due to the fall, but this is not unexpected, those big vassal states, how can they be so easy to hook up? Unless it is a fierce person like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, even if it is Zhang Yi, there must be a letter of introduction.

Of course, it is not without progress, the spies sent out have gained a firm foothold in these countries, or opened shops, or bought land, and have been able to start collecting civilian intelligence, which is considered to have spread out the intelligence network, don't underestimate these private intelligence, in fact, even if the price of a small vegetable fluctuates, it can also reflect some of the problems behind it.

There is also a piece of information sent that caught Zhou Bian's attention, that is, the Chengyi Restaurant in Anyi finally found a little background, it turned out to be opened by the Qin people, and the relationship behind it can be found is a wealthy businessman in the Qin State, it is said that there is a certain relationship with the Qin State Office, the little girl may be the girl or niece of the rich businessman, if you go deeper or find out more than the truth, it will be very difficult, in addition, it can be determined that the Qin people did not only open this hotel in the six countries of Shandong, at least in Handan and Linzi, but the name is Ready-to-wear Restaurant and Chengyi Restaurant, Of course, the people in the dark group don't rely on their names to determine their relationship, but the important thing is that there is a connection behind their stewardship.

Compared with the little girl, Zhou Bian is obviously more concerned about the fact that the Qin people have also begun to operate a business network, maybe to make money, maybe for intelligence, or like the Zhou royal family, there are both, but this is enough to attract Zhou Bian's attention, it seems that the Qin people really began to change their methods to become stronger, and there are already masters in the Qin State who have begun to plan behind the scenes, and Zhou Bian does not know the specific real history, but what Zhou Bian can be sure of is that the Shang Dynasty changed the law mainly in agriculture and did not attach importance to commerce. Or was the development of the Qin state not exactly as recorded in the history books?

Zhou Bian couldn't understand this, but it had aroused Zhou Bian's vigilance, because the royal family's business had just hit the road, Anyi and Xinzheng were considered to have a foundation, and other places such as Hexi, Handan, Shouchun and Linzi had just begun to settle down and were already lagging behind, but maybe others have been developing for decades.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian replied that he should avoid conflicts with the business of the Qin State Office that had been determined, but he still needed to pay attention to the monitoring behind the scenes, and at the same time, the surveillance should be more hidden, after all, in Zhou Bian's heart, the Qin State was the biggest hidden danger.

After replying, Zhou Bian put the matter aside, at least the situation of the Qin State is even worse than the Zhou room, in contrast, Zhou Bian attaches more importance to his own development, not long after the year, he received the good news from Linzi, and the paper was successfully pushed in Linzi.

The advent of paper is definitely an epoch-making invention.

And if you just take a thing to Linzi to sell, this is nothing, it is rare to let people not know the relationship between this and Luoyang, if you do this, in fact, it is okay, as long as the concealed cargo route, the most difficult thing is to ensure a fresh and huge market in this era of aristocratic and powerful coexistence, and its sales rights are mainly in their own hands, and the fall has done it.

The exposure of the iron spear made the Zhou royal family suffer, and reliable gossip said that the reason why Han Hou wanted to attack Luoyang was because he saw the sharpness of the iron spear with his own eyes, although the royal family and ministers were well aware that the main reason why Han Hou attacked Luoyang was worried that the strength of the royal family threatened its interests, but Zhou Bian believed that the exposure of the iron spear was the last straw that prompted Han Hou to make up his mind.

Therefore, such an epoch-making product as paper, Zhou Bian did not dare to take the risk of getting involved with the royal family, so there was a matter of leading the caravan to the east, but Zhou Bian also did not want the paper to be marketed in Linzi, which nobleman would take a fancy to it, and then rob it openly and secretly to get the production method, you must know that even a big businessman like Yidun Guo Heng has to rely on the big nobles behind it. The royal family can't be exposed, and it doesn't have enough weight as a background to reach out to Linzi, so how can this industry be kept? Zhou Bian even made an alternative, that is, once the method of making paper is leaked, it will be leaked in a larger area, so that all the big businessmen in the world can spend money to buy the method of making paper, so that the royal family can also sell it openly, of course, the profit will be less, which is not what Zhou Bian sees.

Therefore, Zhou Bian had great hopes for Bai Gui's solemn recommendation in his heart. When he received the thick stack of bamboo slips from Linzi, Zhou Bian was a little apprehensive in his heart.

Fortunately, the beginning of the long story short, briefly described the result, that is, to protect a new aristocrat of the Qi State, the Luoluo successfully opened a study shop in the downtown area of Linzi, in the first month of the grand launch of paper, as well as the corresponding pen and ink and other things, after the advertisement caused the Linzi Hao clan scholars to rob, a few days to sell out of goods, Linzi paper expensive.

Yes, Zhou Bian raised his head and clapped his hands, he couldn't help but applaud the nobility, instead of letting the nobles rob it, it was better to find a family to take the initiative to send it up, and let some profits with him, it was better than being robbed and having to announce the world. Looking down further, Zhou Bian couldn't help but applaud for the fall, it turned out that this emerging nobleman was Duan Ganpeng.

Who is Duan Ganpeng? Doctor Changguo, although he is only a county doctor, but he is deeply loved by the Marquis of Qi, and even ordered to form a skilled warrior for the Marquis of Qi, such a new nobleman is naturally the best choice, but more importantly, if the relationship with him is good, it is very likely that Duan Ganpeng will be in power in the future, so isn't there information and relationships?

Put down the bamboo slips and think about it carefully, in fact, the selection of nobles also needs to be carefully considered, if it is an old big noble, it may have too much profit, or even simply grab it directly, if it is a small noble, it may not be able to control the field. Duan Ganpeng is just right, he is in the political rising period, he cherishes his feathers and will not rob them, and although he is a small nobleman, he can completely control the field with his relationship with the Marquis of Qi.

It's really heartfelt.

Looking further down, there are more details, in fact, it has been several months since the fall of the letter to Linzi, but there are very few letters to and fro, on the one hand, because it is far away, on the other hand, Zhou Bian has been adrift at the end of last year, so he can't find Zhou Tianzi's letter messenger and brought the letter back to Linzi, so this time the letter was written in a lot and in detail.

It turned out that the Wu family had a loyal family named Zheng Wuwei before, who took root in Linzi and did some groceries business, which was nothing more than the branch of the Wu family in Linzi, but it was not known to the Qi people, and even Zheng Wuwei had become a Linzi person in the eyes of everyone. It was this Zheng Wuwei who found Duan Ganpeng and negotiated an agreement with him, Linzi Paper Mill claimed to be Duan Ganpeng's industry, and behind it was one-third of Duan Ganpeng's profits. Although one-third is high, Zhou Bian knows that this should only be the bright side, and it can be expanded in the future, so it is still acceptable. is shrewd enough, and he has never shown his face in front of Duan Ganpeng, so he is really cautious.

After reading the bamboo slips, Zhou Bian handed them to Ning Yue and the others. Half lying on the low couch, looking up at the beam of the side room of the Wei Palace, I couldn't help but think of two things, one is that there are capable people under the Wei family, and the other is that Gu Luo seems to really want to be an official in the royal family. But it's still a good thing after all.

In the blink of an eye, the weather has warmed up, the farmland in the suburbs has begun to be busy, and the number of southern merchants and northern merchants in and out of Anyi is also increasing. Ning Yue and the others have already focused on liaising with the ministers of Wei, building a good relationship to find out when the Marquis of Wei will move the capital and when the Son of Heaven will return to the capital, and even considering whether to choose a few important ministers to propose to the Marquis of Wei, at this time, a big news began to circulate in the city of Anyi, that is, the Marquis of Wei is interested in Handan.

Zhou Bian was also taken aback when he heard the news, such a big military movement came out, and it was said that the news could not be hidden in the inner palace of Anyi City, which was really the case. But then there was a deep worry, Wei Hou would not pull himself north again.