"Yes, Wang Gongzi is from the Taiyuan Wang family, I heard that he was very smart when he was a child, he was able to write poetry at the age of three and write poetry at the age of seven, and he was admitted to the examination at the age of twenty, but unfortunately I don't know why, a few years ago, he suddenly became interested in business, and threw away his identity as a person to take care of business for the Wang family?"

The middle-aged man was proud at first, after all, he was a lowly businessman, and he could know the Taiyuan Wang family, and it was really face-saving to say it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But at the end, his tone changed to doubt. You must know that although the Taiyuan Wang clan is all over the world, the position of the patriarch has always come from the Wang family's long house.

"What Brother Hong said is good, but thanks to the stewardship of Wang Gongzi, after taking office, he changed the domineering of the Wang family sitting on the ground and exploiting the land in the past, not only changed the commission from the original three percent to one percent, but also came forward to gather the small caravan into a large caravan to act together, you must know that the northern grassland is not very peaceful, if there are few people and weak strength, when you meet those poor and crazy small tribes, you will definitely swallow the people and goods together, only the large caravan with many people does not dare to make up your mind!"

An old man with a scar on his face said slowly, this old man has a deep eagle nose and blue pupils, obviously a Hu merchant in the Western Regions, but the words spoken in Guanzhong are correct and round, which is more standard than ordinary Han people.

Taiyuan is the most important hub of the northern trade route, and it is also the border market with the most frequent exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and the northern grassland. After generations of operation, although Taiyuan is nominally under the management of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it is the Wang family in charge of Taiyuan, among which the most lucrative business is firmly controlled by the Wang family, as long as all goods enter Taiyuan, they must go through the Wang family's commission, and the Wang family comes forward to find buyers for all parties.

"That is, last time my goods were robbed by a small tribe of Tiele, fortunately, Wang Gongzi led a team to pass by, and he led people to kill the small tribe that night and snatched the goods back. I was going to give half of the goods to Wang Gongzi, but they just didn't accept it, saying that since I have the Wang family's guide, I will definitely ensure our safety. ”

Another northern merchant said with a grateful face.

Listen to these people talk about the kindness of the prince. Other people who had received favors couldn't help it, and they talked about the high righteousness of Wang Gongzi, and those merchants who went to the south also listened to it with relish, and at the same time lamented in their hearts, why didn't this prince appear on the southern trade route? Otherwise, where do you still need to suffer from the birds of those toasts and headmen.

In the hall, he was talking about the personable prince. Suddenly, the light at the gate dimmed, and another group of people walked in. I saw that the leader of this group was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, born with red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, very handsome in appearance, although not very old, but the size was no worse than that of adults, and the clothes and ornaments on his body seemed ordinary, but these experienced businessmen found that whether it was clothes or accessories, they were all carefully made by skilled craftsmen.

He was followed by four strong-bodied guards. With a horizontal knife hanging from his waist, a pair of indifferent and murderous eyes shot in all directions, and it seemed that as long as there was any abnormality around him that threatened the safety of the young man, it would immediately cause them to fight back to the death.

Seeing the young man and his party come in, the businessmen who were still talking just now immediately shut up, as long as they have a little eyesight, they can see that the identity of this young man is definitely not ordinary, it is likely that the children of the nobles of which family came out to play, they businessmen can not afford to provoke, in case they accidentally offend each other. It was really a disaster from the sky, so everyone had a tacit understanding to shut up together. However, they also wondered in their hearts, the demeanor of the prince just now was already impressive, but this young man had both temperament and demeanor. I feel that I am a little more noble than that prince, although Chang'an is the imperial capital, I haven't heard of any family whose tutor can compare to the Wang family with the fifth surname?

"General An Zhonglang, please upstairs, the seats have been prepared according to your instructions!"

This young man is naturally peaceful, and almost everyone in the Dengxian Building knows him. Today is the day of Wuliangye's shipment, of course he wants to come and see, anyway, there are Li Yifu and others watching from the Supervision Institute, as long as he grasps the general direction, he has nothing to do with the rest.

"Okay, Brother Yusheng, you should stay here to greet the guests, I'll just go up myself!"

Anhe walked up to the second floor.

The second floor is different from the hall on the first floor, where there are some private seats, the so-called private seats, in fact, is a set of separate tables and chairs, surrounded by screens, in the four outer corners of the second floor, there are musicians playing music, although not as luxurious as the private rooms on the third floor, but also have a unique flavor.

There is no need to occupy a private room alone, so I told Wang Yusheng to leave a private seat by the window for himself, and he can see the sales of the Chamber of Commerce next to him by sitting there.

An He sat down, and then asked the guy to prepare the wine and food, and after a while, the wine and food had already come up, and Xiao Er poured a glass of wine for An He. An He picked up his wine glass and looked out the window, there was already a long queue of people outside the Chamber of Commerce, those were all men or servants sent by the merchants below, and of course the drudgery of queuing did not have to be done by the master's family.

When An He was looking at the crowd queuing outside, thinking about the huge profits brought by the sale of Wuliangye, he suddenly heard a magnetic baritone next to him say:

"Little brother, seeing that you are extraordinary, in the situation of the king of Taiyuan, can you have the honor to have a table with the little brother?"

An He followed the sound and found that the person who spoke was sitting diagonally opposite him, only to see that this person was only in his twenties, wearing an extremely decent cyan round-necked robe, with a round jade hanging from his waist, and a faint smile on his face, which made people feel good at first sight.

"Oh, since Brother Wang has this Yaxing, of course the younger brother can't ask for it."

An He heard that the other party reported his family, it turned out to be the Taiyuan Wang family, and his heart couldn't help but move, he understood better than anyone the influence of the family gate valve on the political trend of the Tang Dynasty, although the power of these family gate valves has declined under the suppression of Li Xiaojiu, but it is still not to be underestimated.

Hearing An He's answer, the prince named Wang Guo was immediately overjoyed, and instructed his subordinates to move the table opposite An He, and the two sat opposite each other. The scholars of the Tang Dynasty were influenced by the celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and they paid attention to speaking and doing things casually, and the same was true for friends to intersect, and they would go directly to talk to each other if they saw each other.

"I don't know what the little brother is called?"

Wang Guo instructed the subordinates around him to move the table over, and as soon as he sat down, he immediately asked very enthusiastically.

"Oh, Brother Wang is polite, and he will be called Anhe in the future."

An He said with a smile: "I don't know when Brother Wang arrived in Chang'an, but he wants to participate in the imperial examination next year?" ”

Whether it is his dress or demeanor, this prince is like a scholar who came to Chang'an to take the exam, so An He asked this question. (To be continued.) )