Gao Xi smiled slightly, looked at Wang Huaqiang, and said, "Huaqiang, do you plan to uproot the four major families of Guzang by fighting the Turks this time?" To be honest, their power is very strong, and the emperor knows that they only want to make money, and he has no objections, so he may not be able to kill them this time. In this way, your business on the Silk Road will not be easy to do in the future. ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled "hehe", his eyes flashed: "Qi Guogong, this is a state affair, higher than my personal private matter, this Turkic trip, I made more than 10 million dollars for nothing, this is all thanks to Qi Guogong, even if we don't do business on the Silk Road in the future, it is enough for us to carry out business in the Central Plains, compared to this, Gu Zang's loss is really nothing." ”

Gao Xi nodded, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and said casually: "I heard that during the time you went to Guzang, your family's chamber of commerce bought two pieces of land outside the effect of Daxing City, and was going to build a manor, and also built a horse archery range, is there such a thing?" ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed secretly in his heart, Gao Xi really has eyes and ears, it seems that it is impossible for him to hide from his monitoring.

In order to create the feeling of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, many of the rockeries used in the construction of the manor were transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and more than four million dollars were spent in this place alone, in addition to the purchase of beautiful singers in the south of the Yangtze River and the Western Regions, he was preparing to go home this evening to see how the first batch of singers he bought back was, if nothing else, A hundred stunning singers will cost at least hundreds of thousands.

As for the racecourse, it is for useless generals like Han Baohu and Xiao Maha to gallop on horseback and bend bows and shoot arrows, and the cost here is relatively small, but because the place is a little bigger, the money to buy land has also cost more than three million, and the expenses of the two places are combined, and now there are only more than three million left in hand.

Wang Huaqiang's heart turned, and he said with a smile: "Qi Guogong Mingjian, in the past, there was no good place around Daxing for the ministers above the court to play, but now there are so many Nanchen's clans and former ministers at once, these Jiangnan people are usually used to the wind and snow, come to my Guanzhong and have nothing to do, after a long time, I am afraid that I will be resentful, and the lower officials made this thing in order to appease these Jiangnan people and share worries for the emperor." ”

When Changsun Sheng heard this, he smiled slightly, got up and said, "Duke Qi Guo, there are still some things in the Xiaguan family, so I will leave first." Gao Xi nodded, Changsun Sheng turned around and withdrew, and when he passed by Wang Huaqiang, he smiled and passed by.

After the eldest grandson Sheng left, Gao Xi put down the teacup, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and Wang Huaqiang's heart was shocked: "Wang Jianshu, you are also an official of the imperial court now, and you should also know that the emperor is diligent and thrifty, and he has never built a palace for more than ten years, nor has he engaged in these flower worlds around this Shoufu, a place of amusement, but he doesn't want to go up and down, so that the country will be greedy for ink, and eventually the corrupt officials will stretch out their hands to the people, do you understand this truth?" ”

Wang Huaqiang stood up respectfully, lowered his hand and saluted: "Obey the teachings of the Duke of Qi, but now that the money of the lower officials has been spent, it is unlikely to stop again, that luxurious manor, in the future, the whole family of the lower officials will move from Xinfeng to live, and will not publicize it publicly, but only quietly receive the dignitaries and nobles, so as not to bring this luxury to the people."

As for the horse hunting ground, it is not a place for wind and moon, but I am afraid that the generals will not fight, and the loneliness will be unbearable and make a place for horse hunting. ”

Gao Xi sighed and said, "Then so be it, your manor should not be open to the public, otherwise it will be investigated and punished by the imperial court at that time, and it will not be unpredictable." ”

Wang Huaqiang's back was already in a cold sweat, it seems that this entertainment club is not the era before the time, you can do it if you want to, today's plan is only to start a small-scale business first, pass the high level, and then slowly find opportunities in the future.

Gao Xi glanced at Wang Huaqiang and said meaningfully: "Huaqiang, your ability is very strong, these old men see it in their eyes, but I hope that your talent will be used in the right way, not just focusing on money, today's prince, smart and benevolent, corporal Lixian, you are very smart, you should understand what the old man means." ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart is like a mirror, Gao Xi has officially issued a warning to himself, it seems that he does not want to do business, but wants to let himself use his talent in the court, and even hopes that he will officially join the Donggong Group headed by the crown prince Yang Yong, so that his shady tricks can be used in the battle for the throne. probably expected Gao Xi to say this to himself, so Changsun Sheng withdrew in advance.

But he must have a clear understanding of this, the competition for the position of the prince of the East Palace is already in full swing, before the holy will is clear, rashly embracing Gao Xi with a clear position, it is possible that he will suffer from the pond fish in the future, and he must not participate in the struggle between the prince-party led by Gao Xi and the forces of other princes.

So Wang Huaqiang put away his mind and said: "Eat the king's Lu, since he should be loyal to the king, Huaqiang will definitely do his best, be loyal to the emperor, and share worries for the country." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Gao Xi's eyes, they are all extremely smart people, Wang Huaqiang's words are clearly declaring that he is not willing to be deeply involved in his side, let alone becoming a member of the Donggong Group, he sighed slightly, and changed the topic: "Huaqiang, how are you going to hack these wealthy businessmen this time, so that they hate you to the core, and they do not hesitate to risk self-harm to denounce Liu Jushi?" ”

Wang Huaqiang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "This matter has to be helped by General Changsun." ”

After coming out of Gao Xi's mansion, Wang Huaqiang let out a long breath, riding a horse alone, walking on this long Daxing street, his mind was still thinking about Gao Xi's words just now, just now he clearly refused to stand on Yang Yong's side in the battle for the throne, will it bring damage to his official career in the future, Wang Shiji is Gao Xi's person, if nothing else, he will definitely stand on Yang Yong's side, just rush this, and he can't be in the same camp as him.

But Yang Guang, the king of Jin, Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and Yang Jun, the king of Qin, have no friendship and relationship at all, and now it seems that there are no important ministers in the court to fall to these few, and in the future to seize the throne, I don't know who will kill the deer, Gao Xi formed a deep enmity with Yang Guang during the southern expedition, and if you want to overthrow Gao Xi's Donggong prince group in the future, and then take revenge on Wang Shiji, I am afraid that I will have to find an opportunity to switch to Yang Guang's side in the future.

But now he is in a humble position, although the work he is engaged in is important, but after all, he can't see the light, even if Gao Xi makes himself a five- or six-grade official according to the agreement, he will not enter the eyes of several princes at all, if he wants to make friends with courtiers and enter Yang Guang's field of vision, it seems that he can only rely on his own luxury manor.

Gao Xi doesn't like to engage in this kind of entertainment by himself, and he is clearly against it, but he can operate it secretly, anyway, the main purpose is to make friends with high-ranking officials, not to make money immediately, those hundred beauties are in the manor at this time, while he is in Daxing today, hurry up and see the appearance and talent of these singers, which is what should be done now.

It is better to act than to act, and it is better to do it, Wang Huaqiang suddenly found that he had unconsciously arrived at the east gate, and it happened that his manor was built on the side of the official road five miles east of the city.

The official road in the east of Daxing City is very wide, the loess road is rammed, four heavy chariots can pass side by side, because the Son of Heaven has to take this road when he goes out to patrol the eastern part of the country, so the quality of the road surface should be the best one in the Sui Dynasty, these days are sunny, the road surface is very clean, the moon is in the middle, the bright moonlight is sprinkled on the road, a bright.

Wang Huaqiang has been on the road at night many times, and in this kind of road conditions and light, he can even run all the way without lighting a torch, and there is no need to doubt the security at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Wang Huaqiang does not have to worry about bandits here.

It only took half an hour, Wang Huaqiang came to his manor, two white marble to make the magnificent stone lion proudly guarded under a tall archway, the white moonlight shines on the plaque on the archway, reflecting the "Bliss Villa" four gilded characters, and behind the archway, is a three-entry manor covering an area of more than ten temples, the tall wall shrouds all around, a red lacquered copper nail gate is magnificent, and the mansion of the prince and important minister in Daxing City is nothing more than that.