Liu Xin is not short of a little money, after all, even if it is for the development of Yizhou, it does not need too much money, because in the era of the Han Dynasty, the number of commodities is still very limited, and the big expenditure for Liu Xin is nothing more than grain and metals, as well as horse resources. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, Yizhou is a place where most of the area is mountainous, so the grain production is very touching, even if Liu Xin promotes black potatoes, hybrid rice and other high-yield crops in Yizhou, and then uses the mountains to start developing terraces, there is also a certain gap in food, not to mention that Liu Xin also plans to organize a strong Yizhou army in a few years, and also needs a large amount of grain reserves when fighting abroad, so Liu Xin has made plans to buy a large amount of grain from other places and return to Yizhou for reserves.

In the same way, metal is also a hard currency in the future war, coupled with the various high-tech in Su Jia's hands, it can refine harder alloys, so as to create more powerful weapons and equipment, so Liu Xin also plans to find an excuse to buy a large number of metals from all over the Han Dynasty, after all, if you buy metal on a large scale, you will always be suspicious.

Finally, there are horses, although there are mountains and hills everywhere in the Yizhou area, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly affected, after all, the cavalry relies on the impact of a sufficient distance to kill and injure the enemy, so there is basically no place for cavalry in the Yizhou area.

However, Yizhou is high and far away, Liu Xin feels that it is necessary to buy a batch of horses to pull the cart, of course, this is also a cover for Liu Xin to buy war horses, after all, Liu Xin is not a defender, and will always stick to the corner of Yizhou, Liu Xin will definitely send troops to conquer Youzhou, Liangzhou and other regions, and will definitely encounter the enemy's cavalry troops at that time, so Liu Xin must have a cavalry unit of his own to meet the enemy, so Liu Xin has planned to build a horse farm in the Chengdu Plain, By the way, as a training ground for cavalry troops, at least a cavalry unit of more than 5,000 people must be trained, so that Liu Xin feels that he will not be too passive on the plain battlefield.

So in addition to grain and metal, as well as horses, Liu Xin really can't think of where he can spend money, after all, the so-called "luxury" of those big men is just like that for Liu Xin, basically there is no desire to buy, after all, Liu Xin has something higher than these "luxuries" in his hands.

As for other basic materials, such as the rare salt in Yizhou, it is basically dispensable for Liu Xin, because Liu Xin knows the existence of well salt in Yizhou, so Liu Xin does not feel that he needs to import sea salt for Yizhou anymore.

So after doing the math, Liu Xin felt that he really couldn't spend much money, and it could even be said that Liu Xin couldn't spend all the money in his hand now, so Liu Xin didn't want to use the secret recipe of rice paper to exchange more money for the Hongnong Yang family.

Of course, Liu Xin also has the idea of using this money to exchange for a favor from the Hongnong Yang family, after all, the favor of the Hongnong Yang family still has some effect, at least it is more useful than those "useless" things for Liu Xin.

Therefore, Liu Xin will put forward this second condition, originally Liu Xin wanted not to accept the profit share of the Hongnong Yang family, but Liu Xin knew that there was a good sentence, that is, it was too much, if he did not collect a penny, he would be suspicious of the Hongnong Yang family, after all, Liu Xin and the Hongnong Yang family did not have a very good relationship, so Liu Xin gave the Hongnong Yang family a "big gift", I am afraid that the Hongnong Yang family is a little afraid to accept it.

After all, sometimes, an equivalent transaction is more reassuring than a gratuitous gift, after all, what you buy with money is easier to use than something you get for no reason.

Therefore, Liu Xin symbolically accepted a sum of money from the Hongnong Yang family, which can be regarded as giving an explanation to the Hongnong Yang family, which will make the Hongnong Yang family more willing to owe themselves such a favor.

As Liu Xin thought, Yang Biao was very moved after listening to Liu Xin's second suggestion, and then directly agreed to Liu Xin's conditions, "The prince is righteous, atmospheric, since you have said so, then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate, so you have the cheekiness to agree to these two prerequisites, thank you for being able to give me the secret recipe of rice paper to my Hongnong Yang family to operate on my behalf, my Hongnong Yang family will never let the prince disappoint you, if you have any needs in the future, please inform my Hongnong Yang family, I, Hongnong Yang family, will definitely help you, Lord Wang! ”

Liu Xin got a satisfactory answer, so he nodded with a smile, and said happily: "Hehe, now that Brother Wen Xian has this sentence, this king will be relieved, but in the end, this king still wants to remind Brother Wen Xian of a word, that is, compared with the ordinary Cai Hou paper production formula, the secret recipe for making this rice paper is only a part of the raw materials and production process in the middle, which is equivalent to separating a window paper, as long as there is a slight leakage, it is likely to be stolen by those who have a heart, so!" Brother Wen Xian, when your Hongnong Yang family starts to produce this rice paper, you must take confidentiality measures. ”

After listening to Liu Xin's suggestion, Yang Biao said with a smile: "Of course, Lord Wang, you gave us the secret recipe of rice paper from the Hongnong Yang family, our Hongnong Yang family will definitely keep it secret, and our Hongnong Yang family itself has a good papermaking workshop, and there are dozens of skilled papermaking craftsmen, so our Hongnong Yang family's papermaking foundation is still very good, it doesn't take long to make perfect rice paper, and these papermakers are also our Hongnong Yang family's house slaves, Usually will not be in casual contact with people from the outside world, and our Hongnong Yang family will not casually recruit domestic slaves from the outside to be responsible for this papermaking workshop, so generally speaking, there is no internal and external collusion, so that those who have a heart outside steal the secret recipe of rice paper, please rest assured, after that, our Hongnong Yang family will also send a special guard to be responsible for monitoring the papermaking workshop around the clock! ”

After listening to Yang Biao's answer, Liu Xin remembered that his ideas were a little too "advanced", and he forgot that a family like the Yang family of Hongnong had a large number of slaves, and there was no possibility for outsiders to have access to the secret recipe of rice paper, so Liu Xin was worried in vain just now.

So, Liu Xin changed the topic a little embarrassed, and casually chatted with Yang Biao about some other things, such as the recent news in the Luoyang scribe circle.

At this time, Yang Biao suddenly remembered something, and said to Liu Xin with a smile: "By the way, the prince, I almost forgot about it, and in two days it will be my father's sixtieth birthday (the plot needs it, let Yang Ci forcibly be sixty years old, after all, the ancients generally handled this kind of birthday well, and the general birthday will not be too ostentatious to invite outsiders to participate), and please prince You must give face in the next one and come to participate in my father's birthday banquet, this is the invitation card for the birthday banquet in two days, please accept it." ”

Yang Biao said, while taking out a wooden plaque wrapped in brocade from his arms, this wooden plaque with Liu Xin, a layman can see that it is very powerful calligraphy to write some polite words, roughly to invite the person holding this invitation card to go to Hongnong Yang's house two days later to participate in the birthday banquet held to celebrate Yang Ci's 60th birthday, it is obvious that people who do not have this invitation card can not participate.

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Of course, it is at the banquet, especially at a banquet of this level, after all, the person who can be qualified to participate in Yang Ci's 60th birthday is also the number one person in Luoyang City, and people like Yuan Feng and Wang Yun, who are also the three princes of the Han Dynasty, will definitely be present, so to speak, if Liu Xin asks Su Jia to plant a bomb in the banquet venue, then at least more than eighty percent of the high-level officials of the Han Dynasty will die, and more than eighty percent of the top Han families will change hands. Maybe Yuan Shao has a chance to enter the Yuan family in advance...

Therefore, needless to say, Liu Xin knew that if he had the opportunity to participate in this banquet, he would definitely be able to quickly expand his connections in Luoyang City, and have the opportunity to meet Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others, after all, as the leading brother in the circle of Luoyang scribes, Yang Ci's birthday banquet will definitely attract many Luoyang scribes who usually live in seclusion, which is a great thing for Liu Xin.

So how could Liu Xin refuse Yang Biao's invitation?

So, Liu Xin nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to take the invitation card in Yang Biao's hand, and said: "I see, since it is the sixtieth birthday of the Yang family master in two days, this king must be there to congratulate him in person, and this king will definitely give the Yang family master a big gift at that time, which will definitely make the Yang family master satisfied!" ”

Yang Biao saw Liu Xin say this, hurriedly shook his head, and said with a smile: "Where is it, now that you have given us the gift of the secret recipe of rice paper, I believe that my father will be ecstatic after getting the news, so please don't prepare any gifts, as long as you can enjoy your face to participate in your father's 60th birthday, it will be very good." ”

Liu Xin knew that Yang Biao was being polite, after all, everyone now knew that Liu Xin had a lot of rare treasures in his hands, and everyone wanted to get such a rare treasure or two from Liu Xin's hands, so even Yang Biao, who had an excellent family style, was not exempt from vulgarity, so Liu Xin also saw a touch of desire in Yang Biao's eyes.

So, Liu Xin also shook his head with a smile, and said: "Where is it, Brother Wen Xian, you can say that you are wrong, this is in business, one yard is one yard, how could it be missed in the next important event of the Yang family's sixtieth birthday?" How could it be that you came empty-handed? Therefore, I will definitely prepare a suitable gift for the Yang family master. ”

Yang Biao saw that Liu Xin was so "arrogant", so he didn't have the idea of refusing again, after all, Yang Biao felt that if he continued to be so polite, it would be a little too fake, so Yang Biao simply nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, since you have said so, then you can only wait for your arrival, if you can, please come to my Hongnong Yang family after noon, I believe that my father also wants to have a good chat with you." ”

Of course, Liu Xin is willing to meet Yang Ci, after all, Liu Xin wants to show his "literary name", and he also needs Yang Ci's help, or "mutual help"!

Therefore, Liu Xin naturally agreed to Yang Biao's invitation and said that he would definitely visit on time.

Just when Liu Xin and Yang Biao continued to chat, Liu Xin saw Su Jia standing outside the living room, Liu Xin immediately waved his hand at Su Jia, and then said with a smile: "Brother Wen Xian, this is Su Jia Su Wenyi, the spokesperson of this king in foreign affairs, about the specific cooperation plan of the secret recipe of rice paper, please also ask Brother Wen Xian to discuss it with him." ”

Without further ado, Yang Biao had already planned to ask Liu Xin about the specific cooperation plan just now, after all, Yang Biao could only rest assured when the secret recipe of rice paper was really in his hands, so Yang Biao immediately nodded and went to Su Jia to discuss this matter.

And Su Jia quickly understood Liu Xin's thoughts, and also knew that the Hongnong Yang family had voluntarily become a "pick-up man" and got the exclusive agency of the secret recipe of rice paper, so he had already prepared a set of cooperation plans in his heart.

So, in the atmosphere of "Lang is affectionate, concubine is intentional", Su Jia and Yang Biao quickly determined a cooperation plan for the secret recipe of rice paper that both parties were very satisfied with.

Because it was already three poles in the morning, although Liu Xin repeatedly asked Yang Biao to stay for lunch, Yang Biao couldn't wait to bring the good news back to tell his father Yang Ci, so Yang Biao resolutely chose to leave, so Liu Xin could only personally send Yang Biao out of the door and watch Yang Biao go away.

Liu Xin and Su Jia returned to the living room and talked about what happened today, that is, the things that he and Yang Biao said, of course, the focus is on Liu Xin's conjecture about Hongnong Yang's family, or Yang Ci's plan.

After listening to Liu Xin's conjecture, Su Jia nodded affirmatively, and said with a smile: "Master, you are right, the current situation of the Hongnong Yang family is already in full swing, and Yang Ci as the head of the family cannot be said to be ambitious, it should be said that he is ambitious, and it is understandable that he wants to turn the Hongnong Yang family into the second Qufu Confucian family, so I think the master can also take the hitchhike of the Hongnong Yang family, and when he visits Yang Ci the day after tomorrow, he will hand over the set of four books and five classics written by the master to Yang Ci "Axe", This can be regarded as making Yang Ci owe the master a favor again. ”

The "axe" in Su Jia's mouth is actually a kind of forced palace, telling Yang Ci that he already knows his thoughts, so that Yang Ci will owe Liu Xin a favor in order to "calm things down", after all, this kind of favor can only be obtained if you say it, if you don't say it, Yang Ci will definitely choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, indicating that nothing has happened.

PS: I'm so hungry, it's time to eat.