Chapter 178: The Merchant
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And the Shangfang of Wufeng Mountain also began its initial operation during this period of time with soldiers as craftsmen. As for the future, Wu Ming plans to leave some people here directly, and the treatment in the army will continue to improve, but the corresponding conditions for joining the army will gradually rise.
Over the next 10 days, the rest of the soldiers in the barracks resumed their usual serious training.
Ten days later, Wu Ming got up and returned to Daliang after discussing some things with Jin Yan and Liu Yun.
This time it was also with a purpose, but it needed help, and it was a matter of money.
Wu Ming has always asked Chen Zhen about this kind of question, and almost every time, Chen Zhen will meet Wu Ming's requirements in terms of money. Although Chen Zhen sometimes complained, in the end, he would send things to Wu Ming's hands.
According to Wu Ming's travel convention, he was alone along the way.
Speaking of which, he is also a frequent visitor to the doctor's mansion, so as soon as he arrived at Chen Zhen's mansion, someone stepped forward to answer him. Most of the servants in the house knew him.
At the same time that one person welcomed Wu Ming into the mansion, another servant in the mansion had already quickly run in to inform Chen Zhen.
In the main hall where the guests used to meet, Chen Zhen and Ling Tianxue, the boss of Fengyue Building, were sitting opposite each other on both sides of a few cases. A pot of tea on a few tables was emitting a faint heat.
In the middle of the hall was a large chest, but it was unopened, so I didn't know what it was.
"Lord Shangqing, what do you think of this?" Looking at Chen Zhen with a smile, Ling Tianxue arched her hand and asked softly.
"I'm afraid it's not easy to do. There are a lot of wealthy families in Anyi City, but since the capital moved to this big beam, those rich merchants seem to have followed them together, and there are no people, right? Chen Zhen lowered her head and thought, and gently took a sip of tea after the words fell.
"My lord, this business is all about gathering small and making a lot of money. Many of the big families in Anyi City were indeed relocated here, but some remained in Anyi. The small one has already been explored, if a branch of Fengyue Building is opened there, the monthly income should not be less than this number? Saying that, Ling Tianxue also made a gesture with her hands.
"You mean? 100 gold? Looking at the finger that stretched out, even Chen Zhen was a little sideways.
Chen Zhen, who was still holding a teacup just now and wanted to turn people away, couldn't help but widen her eyes at this time.
"Yes, and that's a conservative estimate." With a hint of a gloomy smile on her face, Ling Tianxue said cautiously: "In addition, the territory in Anyi is also small, I just want the adults to be able to greet the white adults in Anyi." As for the gold earned by the branch, we still follow the old rules. ”
What are the old rules? To put it bluntly, it is to divide the spoils. There was a rule in the Wei court that no official in the court was allowed to do business privately. There are many things that can only be sold by the government treasury, including grain, salt, and many other livelihood things.
However, things such as restaurants, spring buildings or casinos are not included, so Ling Tianxue's Fengyue Building, which includes a restaurant, a casino, and a spring building, does not violate the laws of the Wei State.
It's just that some of the land and taxes and other revenues need to have a relationship with the court to be able to go on better.
Although Chen Zhen didn't do anything for Fengyuelou on the surface, in the final analysis, he put a lot of effort behind the scenes. Even because of many things, Zhu Wei of Situ Mansion has been observing him.
And Hui Shi didn't know why he had a good relationship with Wu Ming, and Chen Zhen, who was close to Wu Ming, naturally became the object of Hui Shi's attention. Therefore, during this time, Chen Zhen rarely went to Fengyue Tower.
Because of this, today's incident, Ling Tianxue had to come to visit Chen Zhen's mansion in person. And the contents of that box, needless to say, are gold nine times out of ten. At this point, there was immediately a dead silence between the two.
At this time, a servant hurriedly walked in and whispered in Chen Zhen's ear: "My lord, the general is here." ”
The voice was extremely light, and Ling Tianxue on the side didn't hear it clearly.
But at this time, Chen Zhen had already sunk her face, lowered her head, and after thinking quietly, she pointed to the box in the middle and said, "Boss Ling's gift, this official will accept it, but there will be a distinguished guest here, how about your affairs in a while?" ”
Saying that, Chen Zhen waved his hand at the man, and suddenly, the two house slaves carried the two wooden boxes out with interest.
"In that case, the little ones are waiting for news from the adults." Ling Tianxue also took the initiative to get up and say goodbye at this time.
Chen Zhen didn't accompany her, and stood up with a smile, "That's very good." ”
With that, the two of them looked at each other and smiled and walked out together.
Just halfway through, Wu Ming had already met with Chen Zhen and the others under the leadership of the servants in the mansion.
"Xiaguan Chen Zhen, I have seen the adult, I don't know if the adult is coming, and I hope the adult will forgive the sin." When she saw Wu Ming, Chen Zhen hurriedly trotted over and walked over in two steps and bowed.
Ling Tianxue behind him also walked up behind Chen Zhen at this time.
"It's okay, it's all about the suddenness of the future, and it's understandable that adults don't know about it." Wu Ming also bowed his hand to Chen Zhen, and then smiled faintly.
Immediately afterwards, he looked at Ling Tianxue behind Chen Zhen and said, "Who is this?" ”
"Uh...... This is Boss Ling of Fengyue Tower, and he has talked about some things with Xia Guan. Chen Zhen said with a smile to Wu Yuan. Then he turned to Ling Tianxue and said, "Boss Ling, your affairs can only be like this for the time being, how about the Japanese official come to your Fengyue Tower to discuss with you in detail in person after a while?" ”
"Okay, good ......" The situation at this time, as one of the richest businessmen in the big beams, how could Ling Tianxue not know the doorway, so as soon as he heard Chen Zhen's words, he immediately understood: "If the adult has something, the villain will not bother and leave." ”
After saying that, he bowed his hands to Chen Zhen and Wu Ming, and then followed a servant and walked out.
"General, please." After watching Ling Tianxue walk away, Chen Zhen dodged to the side, made way for Wu Ming, and made a gesture of please.
Along the bluestone-paved road, the two people returned to the original main hall without distinguishing between the front and the back.
At this moment, the contents of the tea, tea and other things have been cleaned up by the servants. After the two of them sat down, Chen Zhen instructed the servant again: "Look at the tea." ”
"Yes."
With that echo after.
There were only two people left in the entire main hall, Chen Zhen and Wu Ming.
"I don't know, what is the matter with the general?" Chen Zhen arched her hand and asked softly.
"It's nothing, just ask what I told Lord Shangqing before, did Shangqing mention it to you." Wu Ming put away his gaze and asked slowly.
……
At this moment, Ling Tianxue always kept her head down when she walked out of the door, looking like she was thinking about something.
Finally, when he stepped out of the threshold and was about to lift his leg and step down the steps, he retracted his leg. Turning to the servant waiting behind him, the servant in Chen Zhen's mansion handed over a money bag, "The general just now, do you know who it is?" ”
The servant was startled at first when he looked at the money bag stretched out, and then quickly put away the money bag, took a step forward and said in a low voice: "That's the general of our Wei State." Twice saved the Wei State and water and fire, I heard that the people of Hedong have special respect for him. ”
"Hedong?" Hearing this, Ling Tianxue frowned slightly, muttered to herself and continued, "I know, just act as if nothing happened today, understand?" ”
"Yes, yes, the little one understands."
"Well, let's go back."
As soon as the words fell, Ling Tianxue didn't say anything, strode down the steps, and got into the carriage under the service of the coachman.
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In the main hall. The servant has served the tea.
At this time, Chen Zhen was a little hesitant, "This, don't hide it from the general, this matter is a little difficult to do." The meaning of that is a little unclear. However, this matter is too complicated, and the king must also have difficulties. ”
"Unclear? What's the lack of clarity? Wu Ming tilted his head and asked.
"The general's words are to bring all the taxes of Hedong directly into the army, and in addition, to allow the general to carry out land reform in Hedong again. Just a few days ago, Xia Guan had already made it clear to you-" Speaking of this, Chen Zhen showed an ugly look again, "It's just that the face of the king was a little ugly at that time, and he just said a word, think about it again." Since then, he has not mentioned this matter, the attitude of this gentleman is unknown, and the subordinate is a small minister, where can he dare to say more. According to the lower officials, it is better for the general to ask about this matter personally. ”
After speaking, Chen Zhen stared at it with an embarrassed look, and Wu Ming looked.
But having said that, it's really not that Chen Zhen doesn't have the ability, it's just that Wu Ming's request has really passed. In Wu Ming's words, this situation is called a special zone, as if it was developed in later generations. He wanted to implement some of his ideas from Hedong.
After all, his prestige in Hedong is not low. There shouldn't be any major problems starting from Hedong.
But when these words fell into the ears of King Wei Hui, he didn't think so. So there is no follow-up to this matter. Chen Zhen didn't dare to say anything again at all.
When it comes to chatting about this, I definitely can't talk about it. The topic was blocked, and Wu Ming didn't have anything else to do here. So I talked to Chen Zhen indiscriminately.
Unknowingly, they even talked for an hour.
"Okay, but thank you for your hard work. This matter is above the court tomorrow, and I will personally play the king. Picking up the fragrant tea, Wu Ming drank the tea in one gulp, then got up and arched his hand to Chen Zhen, "In this way, the general will not bother." Leave. ”
"Since this is the case, the lower officials will not stay." Chen Zhen also stood up, and at the same time carefully wiped the sweat on her forehead, and made a gesture of congratulations.
After leaving the Shangqing Mansion.
Wu Ming prepared to go back to his house to rest. But when he arrived in front of his house, he saw a carriage parked beside him.
And the carriage seemed to be somewhat familiar, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
Wu Ming, who had not been back to the mansion for a long time, didn't think too much, rode his horse to the gate of the mansion, turned over and dismounted. A servant in the palace had already learned the news and came out to greet him.
"General, you're back."
"Well, what do those people do?" Wu Ming answered, and while handing the reins of the horse to the servant, he pointed to the carriage not far away and asked.
The servant turned to look at it, and then replied softly, "The old slave doesn't know this." It was here an hour ago, and no one came into the house to report it. ”
Hearing this, when Wu Mingzheng was a little puzzled, he saw that the people in the carriage had already walked down.
No wonder this carriage looks familiar, it is no one else who got off this carriage, it is Ling Tianxue who I have seen from Chen Zhen's mansion just now.
"Grass people Ling Tianxue, meet the general." Before Wu Ming could figure out what was going on, the man had already gotten out of the carriage and walked straight towards Wu Ming.
Wu Ming looked at him quietly, this person didn't look very old, and he didn't look like he was more than thirty. But the equipment of this body should not be underestimated.
The exquisite jade stone the size of a palm was hung on top of the silk robe on the outside. The sleeves of the two-point shirt are inlaid with three eyeball-sized pearls on one side.
This kind of arrogance, even the important ministers of the court are afraid that it is rarely matched.
At just one glance, the identity of this person made Wu Ming a little curious. Symbolically returning the salute, Wu Ming smiled faintly: "Boss Ling is not an ordinary person. Why do you have the leisure to come to my general's mansion? ”
"I heard that the general is full of pride, and the grass people's admiration for the general is unbearable, and today I was fortunate to meet the general in Shangqing Mansion, so I specially waited here, and I hope that the general will appreciate some thin noodles. Go to the grass people's Fengyue Building. "The faint voice, the indescribable respect.
The ancients also made Wu Ming really admire this. Women are three from four virtues, and men are also unusually polite.
Hedong's taxation and the matter of reform again, Wu Ming plans to talk about it tomorrow morning. Now that he happened to have nothing to do, Wu Ming simply agreed to him: "I heard that Fengyuelou is rumored to be among the countries, but he is busy with military affairs, and he has never had time to go." Since Boss Ling is so enthusiastic today, Ben will follow Boss Ling's arrangement, and he hasn't drunk for a while, so you can't be stingy with your drinks. ”
After speaking, Wu Ming also smiled deliberately.
Ling Tianxue also knew that this was a joke when he heard this, and after laughing twice with him, he bowed and made a gesture of please, and said, "General, please." ”
"Please."
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After a while, the two of them rode into the elegant room of Fengyue Building directly from the back door. I don't know what method is used here, but I can't hear a trace of noise outside in this room, and the sound insulation effect is very good. However, Wu Ming was not attracted by the things here.
"General, please." Ling Tianxue behind him also had an abacus in his heart, so he was kindly invited as soon as he came in.
At the same time, at the moment when the two of them were seated, servants began to send wine and food one after another.
Of course, most of this dish is some pre-cooked meat, because there are really not many vegetables found at this time.